“The president has turned immigration into simply good people, bad people and a wall.”
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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How a city and church in Texas are rebuilding one year after Hurricane Harvey
Hurricane Harvey took a toll on all Houstonians—rich and poor, white and brown, city and suburb—but this boomtown proud of its diversity is getting back on track.
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Jesuit priest murdered in Peru
Carlos Riudavets Montes, S.J. worked among the indigenous in Perú’s Amazonian region.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Is there a sexual abuse reckoning coming for the Latino church?
“For Hispanics, whatever the priest says goes. But that’s not right. The priest is not God. Nobody is above God.”
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Hundreds of children remain separated from their parents after family reunification deadline passes
An estimated 463 parents have already been deported, further complicating the family reunification effort.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
What’s behind the Latino priest shortage?
While discernment is never easy, it was even more complicated as a Latino.
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Church leaders told John Kelly child separation was “contrary to our Catholic values” a year ago
The private letter, sent more than a year ago, may have had changed Mr. Kelly’s mind for a time.
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What is behind America’s changing views on immigration?
A growing number of Americans are open to increases in legal immigration, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.
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How Catholics are helping immigrant children separated from their parents
“‘What can I do?’ That’s what everyone needs to ask themselves. We can’t be paralyzed. We need to act.”
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Speaker Paul Ryan promises compromise to protect Dreamers
“We do have a sovereign border, but we also have a call to recognize that there are people who are fleeing to this country to save their own lives.”