He called on President Donald Trump and leaders of Congress to come up with a solution that addresses the border, ends the partial government shutdown and at the same time “protects the sanctity of human life.”
U.S. can both secure border and treat migrants humanely, says bishop
Catholic groups ask Congress to reject ‘discriminatory’ RAISE Act
Bishop Joe S. Vasquez of Austin, Texas, chair of the bishops’ migration committee, called on the president and Congress to reject a proposed piece of legislation that seeks to drastically cut legal immigration levels over a decade.
Catholic leaders mourn for victims killed, injured in trafficking tragedy
The “completely senseless deaths” of 10 people who died of heat exhaustion and suffocation they suffered from being held in a tractor-trailer “is an incomprehensible tragedy,” said Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller of San Antonio.
Bishop Vasquez welcomes federal appeals court ruling on refugee ban
The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Migration welcomed a federal appeals court ruling that upheld a temporary restraining order against President Donald Trump’s travel ban on refugees from seven predominantly Muslim countries that also temporarily suspended the country’s refugee resettlement program.
Bishop Vasquez: Trump moves will ‘tear families apart,’ harm communities
The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Migration criticized President Donald Trump’s executive memorandum to construct a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, saying it would “put immigrant lives needlessly in harm’s way.”