A growing number of Americans are open to increases in legal immigration, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.
J.D. Long García
J.D. Long García is a senior editor at Americaand co-author of Clericalism: The Institutional Dimension of the Catholic Sexual Abuse Crisis.
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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.”
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Should Catholic schools cooperate with ICE?
The Secretary of Education stirred up controversy when she said it was up to schools to decide if an undocumented student should be reported to authorities.
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Catholic group demands congressional investigation into T.P.S. decisions
The Department of Homeland Security ignored warnings from top officials at the State Department by ending T.P.S. for Hondurans on May 4.
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Church in Texas issues IDs to help the undocumented navigate police encounters
“They want to know who they’re talking to,” Father Forge said of police. “Well, we already issue our volunteers with ID cards, so we jumped on that.”
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A new bill could help those not protected by DACA
A group of representatives wants to force a vote on immigration reform in the House.
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Sessions’s zero tolerance border policy may split families—and cost taxpayers
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has vowed to prosecute anyone who enters the United States illegally.
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The Hispanic Catholic Church in the U.S. is growing, survey confirms
Overall, about 40 percent of U.S. Catholics are Hispanic, according to the survey.
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Jeff Sessions’s rule on asylum seekers could impact victims of religious persecution
Attorney General Jeff Sessions is reviewing a case decided by the Board of Immigration Appeals involving a Salvadoran woman who received asylum due to fleeing domestic abuse in her country.