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Immigration
Encountering a migrant is encountering Christ, pope says in message
Pope Francis emphasized the presence of Christ in people in need in his message for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees, which will be celebrated September 29, 2024...
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Immigration
Amid Nationwide Worker Shortages, Bishop Seitz Reaffirms Church’s Closeness with Immigrant Workers Who ‘Labor for Us All’
While American employers continue to struggle with filling more than nine million open jobs and a growing number of communities look to immigration as the solution...
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Immigration
National Migration Week Highlights “Overlooked Right” Not to Migrate
The Catholic Church in the United States will observe National Migration Week from September 18-24.
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Immigration
Pope Francis says situation at U.S.-Mexico border is 'serious problem'
In an interview with Telemundo, a U.S.-based Spanish-language television network, Pope Francis was asked about the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border, about Ukraine...
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Immigration
On Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, U.S. Bishops’ Migration Chairman Reaffirms Church’s Solidarity with Immigrants
Today marks the Catholic Church’s annual celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe, a title ascribed to the Virgin Mary after she appeared to Saint Juan Diego multiple times...
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Immigration
Following Court Decision on DACA, U.S. Bishops’ Migration Chairman Renews Plea for Congress to Provide Legislative Solution
This week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued its decision in Texas v. United States, affirming a lower court’s ruling that deemed the Deferred Action...
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Immigration
Catholic Leaders Welcome Supreme Court Ruling in Biden v. Texas
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a 5-4 decision in Biden v. Texas, finding that the Secretary of Homeland Security’s termination of the Migrant...
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Immigration
U.S. Bishops’ Migration Chairman Expresses Solidarity with Dreamers on DACA’s Tenth Anniversary, Calls for ‘Long-Awaited Inflection Point’
Today marks ten years since the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was created through executive action.
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Immigration
U.S. Bishops’ Migration Chairman Addresses Future of Immigration Reform
As another year concludes without enactment of meaningful immigration reform, Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville, auxiliary bishop of Washington and chairman of the U.S...
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Immigration
USCCB Migration Chairman Welcomes Administration’s Actions to Rebuild Immigration System, Restore Due Process, and Recognize Human Dignity of Immigrants and Refugees
WASHINGTON—Yesterday, President Joe Biden issued three migration-related Executive Orders related to removing barriers and restoring due process in the legal immigration...