The Biden administration Feb. 21 proposed its most restrictive border control measure to date, announcing it plans to issue a temporary rule blocking asylum-seekers who cross the border without authorization or who do not first apply for protections in other nations before coming to the United States
Catholic immigration advocates condemn proposed Biden border rule
Like 5th Circuit, 8th Circuit strikes down Biden’s transgender mandate
The Biden administration declined to appeal a unanimous ruling by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans that struck down a transgender mandate that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has implemented as a revision to the Affordable Care Act.
Incoming migration chair says he wants to share joy of serving the poor
During his term, he said, he wants to focus on addressing the problems that make people leave their home countries but also the response to those who show up in the U.S. seeking refuge.
Immigration advocates say DACA ruling should push Congress to act
A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans affirmed a lower court’s ruling last year that said the Obama administration did not have the legal authority in 2012 to create DACA in the first place.
Bishops speak against transport of migrants; it ‘offends God,’ says one
The San Antonio Archbishop said the tactics to ship them off elsewhere “promote human trafficking,” and he called out the “sick actions” of political leaders who do “little about the issue.”
24 members of Congress write Biden about Jesuit murders, Mexico violence
U.S. members of Congress are calling for action about the slayings of the two Jesuits.
Archbishop calls Biden’s order on abortion ‘deeply disturbing, tragic’
The U.S. bishops’ pro-life chairman said it is “deeply disturbing and tragic” that President Joe Biden has chosen to use his power as the nation’s chief executive “to promote and facilitate abortion in our country” than support resources for pregnant women in need.
Supreme Court examines ‘Remain in Mexico’ asylum rule
The policy in question is the Migrant Protection Protocols, or MPP, which requires asylum-seekers to stay in Mexico until their cases can be heard in U.S. immigration courts.