immigration

Pastoral Migratoria, a program of the Archdiocese of Chicago’s Immigration Ministry, serves as a national model for immigrant leadership ministry and promotes the Gospel imperative to welcome the stranger and work for the common good of all.

DHS announced July 28 that it had approved the construction, saying it was necessary to protect migrants illegally crossing into the country near a dam and who were getting hurt.

In recent days, the archbishop has walked through the rawness of helping a community heal from two major heartbreaks: the killing of 19 defenseless fourth-graders in a mass shooting and a group of dehydrated men and women found dead or dying of heat stroke inside a trailer.

According to local media, the migrants were rescued by police from inside a house where they and others were kept by human smugglers.

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The migrants were waiting at the U.S.-Mexico border for the United States to lift a health provision known as Title 42 and allow them to make asylum claims.

“It’s very difficult to predict what that migration will (look like) but we are planning for different scenarios,” said U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas.

The Supreme Court heard arguments Feb. 23 on whether Biden administration officials sought sufficient public comment and gave notice before ditching a Trump-era rule that denies a green card to recent immigrants who may need economic assistance.