Category: immigration laws

Priests serving migrants in Mexico fret that border restrictions remain

by bcadmin | Jun 4, 2022 | Bishop Daniel Flores, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, immigration laws, Migrants, News, Texas-Mexican border, Title 42 | 0 |

In a homily delivered at a Mass for migrants disappointed that U.S.-imposed border restrictions would remain in place, Jesuit Father Brian Strassburger told them: Title 42 is not God’s plan.

Federal judge orders Title 42 measure must remain in place at border

by bcadmin | May 23, 2022 | Biden Administration, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, immigrants and refugees, immigration laws, NETWORK Lobby, News, Title 42 | 0 |

The much-anticipated May 23 deadline on Title 42 came and went at the U.S.-Mexico border without any changes after a federal judge blocked the government from lifting the health measure instituted during the pandemic.

Some say migrants could stem inflation by easing labor shortage pains

by bcadmin | May 14, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Farm workers, immigration laws, News, U.S. Congress | 0 |

Everyone is feeling the pain: at the gas pump, at the grocery store, in the electric bill.

Government directs prosecutors to deprioritize some immigration cases

by bcadmin | Apr 6, 2022 | Biden Administration, Bishop Mario Dorsonville, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, immigrants and refugees, immigration laws, immigration reform, News | 0 |

Biden administration officials have instructed lawyers to focus on prosecuting cases involving immigrants who pose a public safety, national or border security threat and set “low priority” cases on a different track.

Supreme Court to hear arguments on ‘Remain in Mexico’ immigration policy

by bcadmin | Feb 23, 2022 | Biden Administration, Bishop Mario Dorsonville, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Committee on Migration, immigrants and refugees, immigration laws, immigration reform, News, Remain in Mexico, USCCB | 0 |

The justices on the country’s highest court have agreed to hear a case that could decide the fate of a Trump-era immigration policy that Biden administration officials have been trying to end.

Groups file suit to get information on Catholic agencies helping migrants

by bcadmin | Feb 11, 2022 | Biden Administration, Catholic Charities, Catholic News Service, Catholic vote, Church in the US, illegal immigration, immigrants and refugees, immigration laws, News, Sister Norma Pimentel | 0 |

CatholicVote, an independent political advocacy group, has filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration seeking information about how the government and church-affiliated groups about “facilitating a record surge in illegal immigration.”

Survey finds path to U.S. citizenship for migrants has majority support

by bcadmin | Feb 6, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Catholics and politics, Church in the US, Hispanic Catholics, illegal immigration, immigration laws, immigration reform, News, Survey, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops | 0 |

Though immigration remains a polemic topic in political circles, just 44% of Americans recently surveyed by the Public Religion Research Institute said it was a “critical issue” in the U.S.

COVID-19’s wrath among factors spurring migrants to U.S.-Mexico border

by bcadmin | Oct 16, 2021 | Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, COVID-19, Haiti, Immigration, immigration laws, News | 0 |

A recent surge of Haitian migrants near the U.S. border with Mexico may be a harbinger of the changing face of migration to the U.S.

In Washington, saints join a crowd marching for immigration reform

by bcadmin | Sep 22, 2021 | Catholic News Service, Church in the US, immigrants and refugees, immigration laws, immigration reform, News, Undocumented immigrants | 0 |

Thousands took to the streets of Washington, making a stop at an ICE facility before heading to the U.S. Capitol, urging that Congress and the president take action on immigration reform.

Chilean bishops ask government to help Haitian migrants after earthquake

by bcadmin | Aug 21, 2021 | Catholic Church, Chile, Chile bishops, Church in Chile, Church in the Americas, Haiti, immigrants and refugees, immigration laws, lead, Migration, News | 0 |

Chile today is home to over 185,000 Haitians, who have fled their country after a series of natural disasters and long-standing political corruption.

Judge rules Biden administration must reinstate ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy

by bcadmin | Aug 17, 2021 | Asylum seekers, Biden Administration, Catholic Church, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Catholic News Agency, Church in the US, immigrants and refugees, immigration laws, News | 0 |

U.S. District Court Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in a ruling late Aug. 13 blocked Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas of the Department of Homeland Security from implementing a June 1 memo in which he formally ended the Trump administration’s Migration Protection Protocols, known as MPP or the “Remain in Mexico” policy.

Numbers of unaccompanied minors at border setting record

by bcadmin | Jul 27, 2021 | Catholic Charities, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, immigrants and refugees, immigration laws, News, Texas-Mexican border, U.S.-Mexico border | 0 |

With a surge in the first few months of 2021 of minors entering the United States without a parent or guardian, figures from fiscal year 2020 already have surpassed the total of unaccompanied minors who made border entries during the previous fiscal year.