The U.S. bishops’ conference was among the groups that urged President Joe Biden on Dec. 9 to commute existing federal death sentences before President-elect Donald Trump, who has sought to expand the use of capital punishment, returns to the White House.
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Along with a large group of supporters and associates, about 80 women religious from 24 congregations around the country marched and circled an area in front of the White House singing and carrying signs that read: “Catholic Sisters say: End the Immoral Use of Title 42.”
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will have an audience with Pope Francis Oct. 29, the day before the G20 Leaders’ Summit starts in Rome, White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced Oct. 14.
U.S. District Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk in Amarillo, Texas, ruled the same day that the Biden administration must revive a Trump-era policy requiring immigrants seeking asylum to wait in Mexico while their applications are processed.
A woman from El Salvador said she was surprised when she heard that President Biden was allowing anyone who entered the U.S. within the first 100 days of his presidency to stay. She was equally surprised to learn it wasn’t true.
“Let’s accomplish what we can and fight for what we must.”
