Immigration advocates rallied outside the Washington headquarters of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement July 27 calling on the agency to release immigrant children being held in detention with their parents.
Advocates demand ICE comply with order to release children in detention
Protesters shout down acting DHS head at immigration conference
Protesters at the 16th annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington interrupt remarks by Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan Oct. 7, 2019.
Migrant children will suffer most under new detention rule, says bishop
The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ migration committee said Aug. 23 sees “heartbreaking consequences for immigrant children” in a final rule issued by the Trump administration that allows the federal government to hold immigrant children in family detention indefinitely.
Catholics mobilize at border and around U.S. to help separated families
Some have taken their indignation all the way to the border between the U.S. and Mexico, while others have taken action closer to home, protesting while accompanied by their children and fellow parishioners in cities and towns across the U.S.