immigration

Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda published a Jan. 20 opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal, reflecting on recent violent clashes in his state over immigration.

Now is a time when many gather around tables filled with family and abundance, yet so many immigrant families in our community are facing fears they never imagined. This holiday season, may we remember that Christ came to serve and show us the way.

Lidia Bastianich shares her experience fleeing communism in the former Yugoslavia and as a board member for Jesuit Refugee Services/USA.

Archbishop Wenski addresses issues surrounding recent deportations and calls for reform of immigration laws while encouraging all to see immigrants as God sees them–“with perfect and unwavering charity.”

In 1965, Catholic priests and nuns joined the march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama for voting rights for African Americans. In 2025, we may be facing similar moral challenges against social justice.

The May 1 study estimating the potential effects of a mass deportation program estimated that 3.8 percent of all U.S. citizen children — about 2.7 million in total — face the potential of being left without either parent in their home as a result of such a program, while 4.71 million — 6.7% of all citizen children — are at risk of losing from their household one parent who is in the U.S. without documents.

As Catholics, and as Americans, we have a moral obligation to those at the margins. In that sense, the Refugee Resettlement program was a gift to us all.

“Cuando un extranjero resida contigo en tu tierra, no lo molestarás” (Levítico 19, 33). Tristemente nuestro sistema de inmigración está roto. Por demasiado tiempo, nuestras leyes […]