On the border, fears rise of a less welcoming era for asylum-seekers
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.
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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.
Read Moreby 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.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 17, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Mexico, Church in the Americas, Jesuit Refugee Service, Mexico, migrants and refugees, News, Title 42, Venezuela | 0 |
Catholics working with migrants have mobilized to assist Venezuelans who are arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border in record numbers but are being expelled back to Mexico under pandemic-era health restrictions.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 20, 2022 | Biden Administration, Catholic Charities USA, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Catholic Relief Services, Church in the US, lead, News, Refugee crisis, Syria, Temporary Protected Status, Venezuela | 0 |
Catholic immigration leaders are calling on the Biden administration to redesignate Venezuela and Syria for Temporary Protected Status (TPS), citing the ongoing humanitarian crises that exist in each country.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 14, 2022 | Biden Administration, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, citizenship, Immigration, News, TPS, Venezuela | 0 |
Immigration supporters expressed a mix of gratitude and disappointment with a Biden administration decision on Temporary Protected Status with regard to Venezuelans.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 27, 2022 | Chile, Church in the Americas, Colombia, lead, Migration, News, Peru, Venezuela | 0 |
Catholics who work at the border of Peru, Bolivia and Chile have met to discuss the migration crisis.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 19, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, human rights, News, Poverty, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Venezuela | 0 |
The load of worries carried on the shoulders of José Gregorio Guarenas, coordinator of Human Rights for the Vicariate of Caracas at the Archdiocese of Venezuela, is heavy.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 5, 2022 | Biden Administration, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, Colombia, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, immigration reform, migrants and refugees, News, TPS, U.S. Congress, Venezuela | 0 |
Immigration supporters say that while they welcomed President Joe Biden’s 2020 election, when it comes to immigration policy, his administration, a year into its first term, has left much to be desired.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 11, 2022 | Church in the Americas, lead, Migration, News, President Nicolas Maduro, synodality, Venezuela, Venezuela bishops | 0 |
ROSARIO, Argentina – Poverty, democracy, and migration are among the top priorities for the newly elected leadership of the bishops’ conference in Venezuela. The prelates, who are meeting Jan. 7-12, chose not to hold a press conference after their election due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the YouTube account of […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 30, 2021 | Church in the Americas, Latin America, lead, migrants and refugees, News, Nicaragua, synodality, Venezuela | 0 |
Taking a close look at the last 12 months for the Catholic Church in Latin America, and one cannot help but feel like it has been a continent on a constant loop, repeating what has happened in the past.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 22, 2021 | Advent, Armenia, Christmas, Christmas traditions around the world, Ethiopia, Featured, Finland, Greenland, India, Ireland, Mexico, News, Venezuela, Victor M. Parachin | 0 |
Every December and in every country on the planet, people celebrate Christmas. There may be caroling, candles, decorated trees, Nativity scenes, candy canes, Advent wreaths, mistletoe, wrapped gifts, social gatherings, gift giving, stockings, poinsetti…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 10, 2021 | Amazon region, Brazil, Caritas, Church in the Americas, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, immigrants and refugees, lead, News, Vaccinations, Venezuela | 0 |
In Roraima, the Brazilian State with the second lowest rate of vaccination against COVID-19 in the country, the Church has been actively trying to raise awareness among thousands of Venezuelan immigrants who have failed to get vaccinated.
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