immigration
Maryland workshop offers resources in nation’s fluid immigration landscape
OSV News
February 5, 2025
Parish and diocesan representatives recently gathered in Annapolis with policy experts to discuss the fluid immigration landscape shaped by President Donald J. Trump's executive orders affecting immigrants and migrant rights that he issued in the first days of his second ...
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The Provincial Council of the Province of Our Lady of Guadalupe Responds to Changes to US Immigration Law and Policy
Kerting Baldwin EdD, APR
January 30, 2025
The Provincial Council of the Province of Our Lady of Guadalupe is responding to the changes to U.S. Immigration Law and Policy and to the mass deportations happening across the country. They are asking for a just and compassionate approach ...
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White House suggests it will strip funds from Catholic Charities
OSV News
January 29, 2025
The White House Jan. 28 sought to clarify what would and would not be impacted by a directive to freeze federal financial assistance programs and suggested it would seek to strip federal funds from nongovernmental organizations including Catholic Charities as part of ...
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Vance spars with US bishops over their pushback on Trump’s immigration policy
OSV News
January 27, 2025
Vice President JD Vance questioned the motives of the U.S. bishops' criticism of President Donald Trump's new immigration policies in a Jan. 26 interview -- including raids on churches and schools -- asking if they are actually concerned about receiving ...
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In 2024, state laws of interest to Catholics: abortion, IVF, immigration
OSV News
December 16, 2024
State laws of interest to Catholics spanned policy areas from abortion to IVF to immigration in 2024.
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No sanctuary? Trump reportedly plans to reverse policy, permit ICE arrests at churches
OSV News
December 12, 2024
WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump plans to rescind a long-standing policy preventing Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from making arrests at what are seen as sensitive locations, including houses of worship, schools and hospitals, ...
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Pope to U.S.: Migration policies built on force, not truth, ‘will end badly’
Pope Francis has urged U.S. Catholics and people of goodwill to not give in to “narratives” that discriminate against and cause unnecessary suffering to migrants and refugees.