immigration
Poll: Record-high percentage of US adults say immigration a good thing for country
As the Trump administration implements its hardline immigration policies, a record-high share of U.S. adults said immigration generally benefits the country, a new Gallup Poll found.
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Miami clergy raise concerns as Trump tours Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
Most Americans agree on the need for good U.S. border security, but to hear politicians and civil authorities hurl insults and jokes at the expense of migrants as Florida opened its new "Alligator Alcatraz" migrant detention center in the Florida ...
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USCCB president: Bishops stand with immigrants ‘in this challenging hour’
"No one can turn a deaf ear to the palpable cries of anxiety and fear heard in communities throughout the country in the wake of a surge in immigration enforcement actions," said the leader of the nation's Catholic bishops in a June ...
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Report: Immigration data ‘much lower’ than Trump administration claims
New data shows that the number of immigrants lacking permanent legal status in the U.S. "is much lower than the Trump administration claims," and "talk of an invasion is overblown," said J. Kevin Appleby, senior fellow for policy and communications ...
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High court’s decision to allow 350,000 Venezuelans to lose TPS disturbs Catholic advocates
Catholic immigration advocates said they were "disturbed" by a Supreme Court order allowing the Trump administration to end legal protections from deportation for about 350,000 Venezuelan immigrants.
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Shared Dignity Leads to Solidarity
When we appeal to each other’s dignity, we start building something beautiful: solidarity.
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As Latino communities live in fear of ICE, LA Catholics find ways to help hurting families
In largely Latino communities across Southern California shaken by weeks of immigration enforcement raids on city sidewalks and local businesses, the fear has forced unauthorized immigrants inside, shut out from work, from church, from life. But all that fear has also been channeled into action, as Catholic parishes throughout the Archdiocese of Los Angeles have gotten creative in looking for ways to help hurting families.