Category: HOPE Border Institute

On the border, fears rise of a less welcoming era for asylum-seekers

by bcadmin | Nov 4, 2022 | Asylum seekers, Border, DHS, diocese of El Paso, HOPE Border Institute, News, Texas, U.S. & World News, U.S. Border Patrol, Venezuela | 0 |

It’s hard to tell what exactly happened in a skirmish between U.S. Border Patrol agents and a group carrying a giant Venezuelan flag near the U.S.-Mexico border Oct. 31.

Medical clinic launched in Mexico to support migrants stuck at border

by bcadmin | Nov 1, 2022 | Biden Administration, Bishop Mark Seitz, Church in Mexico, Church in the Americas, HOPE Border Institute, Immigration, lead, Mexico, News, Title 42, U.S.-Mexico border | 0 |

A faith-based organization launched a medical clinic across the U.S.-Mexico border in Ciudad Juárez over the weekend to provide medical support to migrants in need.

Bishop Seitz criticizes expansion of Title 42 to ‘vulnerable’ Venezuelans

by bcadmin | Oct 17, 2022 | Biden Administration, Bishop Mark J. Seitz, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, HOPE Border Institute, Jesuit Refugee Service, migrants and refugees, News, Title 42, Venezuela | 0 |

The Biden administration’s Oct. 12 decision to apply Title 42 to Venezuelans at the U.S.-Mexico border “will have an immediate impact on our border community,” said Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso.

Immigration advocates say DACA ruling should push Congress to act

by bcadmin | Oct 6, 2022 | 5th Circuit, Biden Administration, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, CLINIC, Congress, DACA, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, HOPE Border Institute, News, U.S. & World News | 0 |

Catholic immigration advocates are emphasizing that the Oct. 5 ruling by a federal appeals court — finding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program is unlawful — sends another signal that permanent legislation is needed to protect young immigrants from deportation and put them on a path to U.S. citizenship.

Faith groups call on U.S. to pressure Guatemala on democracy, human rights

by bcadmin | Jun 7, 2022 | Biden Administration, Church in the Americas, Corruption, Guatemala, HOPE Border Institute, Immigration, lead, News, USCCB | 0 |

Exiled Guatemalan justice officials and migration leaders are sounding the alarm on the nation’s continued corruption, and calling on the Biden administration to send a clear message that it won’t be tolerated.

Catholic groups laud end of health measure affecting migrants

by bcadmin | Apr 5, 2022 | Asylum seekers, Biden Administration, Border Patrol, Border Patrol agents, Catholic groups, Catholic Legal Immigration Network Inc, CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CLINIC, COVID-19, Dylan Corbett, El Paso, HOPE Border Institute, Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, News, Susan Gunn, Texas, Title 42, Title 42 expulsions, U.S. & World News, U.S. Customs and Border Protection | 0 |

Catholic groups welcomed an announcement by the Biden administration confirming the May 23 end of a public health measure put in place at the start of the coronavirus pandemic that has kept asylum-seekers out.

Despite promises, little has changed for migrants under Biden administration

by bcadmin | Dec 21, 2021 | Biden Administration, Bishop Mark J. Seitz, Church in the US, diocese of El Paso, HOPE Border Institute, lead, Migrants, News, Remain in Mexico, Title 42 | 0 |

On a Dec. 20 trip visiting with migrants across the border in Ciudad Juárez, Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso found that little has changed with the Biden administration’s re-implementation of the Migrant Protection Protocols.

Root causes of immigration exacerbated by Covid, report finds

by bcadmin | Dec 4, 2021 | Asylum seekers, Biden Administration, Central America, Church in the Americas, Church in the US, Climate change, COVID-19 pandemic, HOPE Border Institute, Kamala Harris, Mexico, Migration, News | 0 |

At the same time the Biden administration is doubling down on deterrent policies at the U.S.-Mexico border, a new report highlights the need to address what drives migration from Mexico and Central America in the first place.

Immigration advocates lament continuation of Remain in Mexico policy

by bcadmin | Dec 3, 2021 | Asylum, Biden Administration, Bishop Mark J. Seitz, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Church in the Americas, Church in the US, HOPE Border Institute, Immigration, lead, News, Remain in Mexico | 0 |

The Biden administration announced yesterday that it reached an agreement with Mexico to restart a policy that forces migrants to wait in Mexico until immigration officials rule on their asylum claim.

Bishops demand immigration policy that respects human dignity, right to asylum

by bcadmin | Oct 30, 2021 | Archbishop John C. Wester, Bishop Mark J. Seitz, Central America, Church in the Americas, Church in the US, Honduras, HOPE Border Institute, Immigration, lead, News | 0 |

On a recent trip to Honduras Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso and Archbishop John Wester of Santa Fe drove on rugged gravel roads up a steep mountain side to visit poverty-stricken communities where they learned about people’s needs and drivers of migration.

Church leaders decry Supreme Court decision reinstating Remain in Mexico policy

by bcadmin | Aug 26, 2021 | Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller, Archbishop John C. Wester, Biden Administration, Church in the US, HOPE Border Institute, Immigration, lead, News, Remain in Mexico, U.S. Supreme Court | 0 |

Catholic Immigration leaders fear the Supreme Court’s Aug. 24 ruling on the remain in Mexico policy could overwhelm Mexico border cities and put migrants in danger.

At border, bishop urges VP to see ‘foreboding walls of steel’

by bcadmin | Jun 26, 2021 | Asylum seekers, Bishop Mario Dorsonville, Bishop Mark Seitz, Central America, Church in the US, HOPE Border Institute, Immigration, Kamala Harris, lead, News | 0 |

On Vice President Kamala Harris’ first trip to the Southern border, Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso emphasized to her the importance of seeing first-hand the border and the countries migrants are fleeing to properly address the burgeoning immigration crisis.