Some 800,000 DACA recipients benefited from the program created by executive order by then-U.S. President Barack Obama, a policy rescinded in September by President Donald Trump, who then asked lawmakers to find a permanent solution before the program ends March 5.
DACA youth worry immigration deal for them will unleash fear for others
Religious freedom bill hearing spurs talk on Muslim-majority nations
A House subcommittee hearing on a U.S. law to improve U.S. religious freedom diplomacy efforts globally prompted a discussion on how to expand those freedoms for religious minorities, particularly for those in Muslim-majority countries.
Catholics voice concern about EPA efforts to dismantle Clean Power Plan
An Environmental Protection Agency decision to roll back an Obama-era regulation to curb carbon dioxide emissions from power plants met with disapproval and pledges to work to keep key components of the plan in place from Catholic organizations.
Bishop Vasquez, agency leaders urge president to continue DACA
Catholic agency leaders and the bishop who chairs the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Migration strongly urged President Donald Trump to continue the federal program Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, known as DACA.
Letter asks Obama, Congress to disavow bias claim in commission report
A letter to President Barack Obama and congressional leaders asks them to “renounce publicly” a contentious sentence in the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights’ report that equates religious freedom with discrimination. The letter, dated Oct. 7 and released Oct. 12, was signed by 17 religious leaders, including two U.S. Catholic bishops.
Bishop, advocates like deal that allows Puerto Rico to avoid debt default
Puerto Rico got the legislation it had sought for months when the U.S. Senate adopted a bill that would allow the island’s political and financial leaders to restructure billions of dollars in debt and avoid defaulting on loan payments.
Lawmakers say Obama’s actions in Vietnam ignore human rights abuses
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, said May 24 that President Barack Obama’s decision to lift the arms embargo in Vietnam “failed to advance […]
Supreme Court hears arguments on Obama’s deferred deportation programs
WASHINGTON (CNS) — All eyes are once again on what seems to be an evenly divided Supreme Court, which heard oral arguments April 18 in a […]