The program takes an unflinching look at a Marine Corps veteran’s efforts to secure her husband’s legal return to the U.S.
Documentary examines human impact of deeply flawed immigration system
Border crisis declarations mask misery of immigrants
An estimated 100,000 apprehensions of immigrants by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents at the U.S.-Mexico border in March is the highest figure in one month in a decade.
Vatican official to meet in Texas with border bishops from U.S. and Mexico
Border bishops from the U.S. and Mexico, along with representatives from various Catholic social justice groups, will gather in El Paso, Texas, Feb. 25-27 for an emergency meeting on recent immigration developments in the region.
Local Benedictine sister, fellow volunteer witness ‘humanitarian crisis’ at border
Benedictine Sister Janine Mettling and Stephanie Hart traveled to McAllen, Texas, Jan. 22-Feb. 6 to assist at the Catholic Charities-run Humanitarian Respite Center.
CLINIC, partners want end to ‘remain in Mexico’ policy for asylum-seekers
Immigrant advocates called on the Department of Homeland Security to rescind the so-called “remain in Mexico” policy that finds the United States returning migrants across the southern border to await their U.S. court hearings.
Bishops urge bipartisan plan to stop shutdown, protect ‘vulnerable’ groups
President Donald Trump and Congress “must come together” to reach a bipartisan solution that reopens the government and “recognizes the economic struggle” now facing federal workers and their families and all those helped by federal nutrition and housing programs, said two U.S. bishops.
U.S. can both secure border and treat migrants humanely, says bishop
He called on President Donald Trump and leaders of Congress to come up with a solution that addresses the border, ends the partial government shutdown and at the same time “protects the sanctity of human life.”
Catholic groups and others rail against Trump border ‘crisis’ speech
No sooner had President Donald Trump finished his Jan. 8 nine-minute speech, his first such event televised in prime time from the Oval Office, about what he called a “crisis” at the border, than Catholic groups and others began tearing apart his arguments.