“We hope that people who visit this memorial will recognize that history should be repeated, that there was a care for the outcast and marginalized which Mother Cabrini understood, and we need that same care today,” Brooklyn’s bishop said.
New statue honors Mother Cabrini for devotion to immigrants, children, the poor
Congress urged to cover immigrant, refugee families in any stimulus bill
U.S. bishops’ migration committee told a House subcommittee Sept. 23 immigrants are among the front-line essential workers in the country during the pandemic and must be eligible for stimulus relief.
Sister Norma Pimentel is one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people of 2020
Sister Norma Pimentel, a Missionary of Jesus and executive director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley, becomes one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world.
Bishops, immigrant advocates oppose Trump’s census memo
Faith leaders July 21 criticized President Donald Trump for issuing a memorandum that aims to bar immigrants who are living in the country without documentation from being counted in the 2020 census.
Washington nonprofit warns against pandemic restrictions on immigration
Restrictions issued by the Trump administration during the coronavirus could have wide-ranging repercussions, particularly for immigrant families, and eliminate legal pathways into the U.S.
Report highlights role of immigrants as essential workers in COVID fight
A new report highlights the role of 19.8 million immigrant laborers who work in “essential critical infrastructure” in the U.S. during the coronavirus pandemic.
Catholic leaders urge Congress to address shortcomings in CARES Act
Officials at some of the country’s largest Catholic organizations have welcomed the assistance provided under the massive $2.2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act.
Coronavirus may produce misery beyond disease to migrants, home countries
Worries have arisen about the effects COVID-19 will cause on the already fragile economic systems of the migrants’ home countries and the environments for those migrants on the move and in new lands.