“The government doesn’t want to reunite the children with their parent…They don’t see it as their role.”
J.D. Long García
J.D. Long García is a senior editor at America and co-author of Clericalism: The Institutional Dimension of the Catholic Sexual Abuse Crisis.
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Pope Francis calls Trump’s family separation border policy ‘cruelty of the highest form’
In a new documentary that premiered in Rome today, Pope Francis says separating migrant children from their parents is “something a Christian cannot do. It’s cruelty of the highest form.”
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Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy has thousands of asylum seekers still stuck at the border
“Asylum on the border is pretty much impossible,” a legal advocate with the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, said. “Covid is being used as an excuse to close the border.”
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How to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month during the Covid-19 pandemic
With a global pandemic, ongoing racial tensions and the presidential election, Hispanic Heritage Month is looking a little different in 2020.
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How Catholic chaplains are serving the Latino community during Covid-19
Everyone dies, but not all cultures observe death in the same way.
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How Latino Catholics are grappling with their own history of racism
The United States is going through a national examination of conscience on the question of race, and the Latino community is no exception.
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Trump policies and Covid-19 could lead to undercounting the Latino community in U.S. census
The Covid-19 pandemic and skepticism of the federal government are forcing Latino leaders to get creative in promoting this year’s census, reports J.D. Long-García.
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‘We’re on the verge of putting children on the streets.’ Covid-19 devastates the hospitality industry
For many in the hospitality industry, writes J.D. Long-García, the lingering pandemic means no job, unpaid bills and even imminent homelessness.
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After Supreme Court win, what’s next for Dreamers?
The Supreme Court has given a reprieve to DACA recipients worried about deportation. But J.D. Long-García reports that they will not rest until they secure a pathway to citizenship.
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Catholic college administrators condemn ‘heartless’ new international students restrictions
Institutions of higher learning in the United States had expected a drop in international enrollment this fall. Now, they may lose all international students who typically pay higher tuition rates, a source of funding many universities have come to depend on.