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.
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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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.
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Trump administration resumes legal aid program for immigrants
Plans to halt a Bush-era legal program have been suspended, at least for the moment.
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U.S. bishops urge support for USA Act to protect Dreamers
Archbishop Gomez called the USA Act a “good-faith compromise.”
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Infographic: Few Hispanics among men to be ordained as priests in 2018
New data shows the average age of a new priest at 33; the most common countries for foreign-born ordinands are Mexico, Vietnam, the Philippines and Colombia.