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Sister Norma Pimentel to receive peace award from Iowa interfaith group

Sister Norma Pimentel, whose work with asylum-seekers has been recognized by Pope Francis, Time magazine and others, will receive the Pacem in Terris Peace and Freedom Award April 21 in Davenport.

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Federal judge blocks Texas order stopping transportation of migrants

A federal judge Aug. 3 temporarily blocked an order issued by the governor of Texas to halt transportation of migrants by anyone other than local or federal authorities following an incident involving a Catholic nonprofit.

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Justice Department sues Texas as it tries to halt transport of migrants

The Biden administration filed a lawsuit July 30 against the state of Texas, trying to stop enforcement of an order aimed at migrants that it calls “dangerous and unlawful.”

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Church to Governor in Texas: Don’t blame immigrants for Covid

Catholic leaders in the busiest part of Texas for U.S.-Mexico border crossings fear a new executive order from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott that bars non-government vehicles from transporting migrants to reduce the spread of COVID-19 could have the opposite effect.

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Priest says detained migrant children ‘hungry’ for faith

For the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Father Franciscus Asisi Eka Yuantoro was welcomed earlier this month into a government facility for unaccompanied minors in Donna, Texas, to celebrate Mass, which he called a “blessing.”

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‘Cold calculation’ used when returning migrants to Mexico

Last Thursday, about 25 families exited a bus near a U.S.-Mexico border bridge near downtown El Paso. They had been flown in from south Texas, where they were apprehended after attempting to enter the country. Now, they faced expulsion into Ciudad Juarez, 800 miles from where they initially crossed. 

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