“For Jesus, it wasn’t about taking the right stand on issues. It was about standing in the right place.”
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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Humanitarians at the border are frustrated with the Trump administration’s “fear mongering”
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is facing an “unprecedented humanitarian and border security crisis,” according to officials.
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What do DACA recipients think of the latest version of the Dream Act?
“We are all humans and we deserve a chance to thrive. We’re not asking for things to be given to us. We’re asking for an opportunity to work hard.”
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Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy fails to address the root causes of migration
U.S. and Mexican bishops urged “the administration to reverse this policy, which needlessly increases the suffering of the most vulnerable and violates international protocols.”
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Court rules asylum seekers who fail ‘credible fear’ test have a right to appeal
“The historical and practical importance of this ruling cannot be overstated,” according to the deputy director of the A.C.L.U.’s Immigrants’ Rights Project.
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Asylum seekers find a temporary home in the ‘Casa Alitas’ monastery
Catholic Community Services of Southern Arizona moved the Casa Alitas shelter for asylum seekers to the monastery in January. Their previous location in Tucson was not big enough to accommodate the influx of asylum seekers.
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D.C. bishop to Congress: Pass a permanent solution for Dreamers and T.P.S. recipients
A compromise to protect Dreamers and T.P.S. recipients “must not be achieved at the expense of other immigrant children and families,” said Bishop Mario Eduardo Dorsonville-Rodríguez in testimony before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee.
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Accompanying undocumented immigrants is “the Catholic thing to do”
A new Catholic initiative connects volunteers with undocumented members of the community who need support.
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What is Candlemas—and who is making the tamales this year?
Mexican Catholics commemorate the day Mary and Joseph presented the Lord in the temple by bringing statues of the Child Jesus to Mass. And afterward: tamales.
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Trump’s latest proposal to end the shutdown and what the border wall won’t fix
Most of the undocumented immigrants who are in the United States have overstayed a visa and did not cross the border illegally, according to a new analysis from the Center of Migration Studies.