The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops are urging Catholics to call Congress and demand they act on behalf of “Dreamers.”
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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Archbishop Gomez urges Senate to keep families at ‘heart of our immigration policy’
More than 800,000 Dreamers, undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as minors, could lose their legal status on March 5.
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Puerto Rico to receive $11 billion in disaster aid. Advocates warn it won’t be enough.
Some of the poorest parts of the island remain cut off from the transportation and energy infrastructure.
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U.S. bishops condemn Trump’s proposal to end ‘chain migration,’ say it threatens families
“Families aren’t chains. They are mothers, fathers, husbands, wives, grandmothers, grandfathers and brothers and sisters.”
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This Franciscan retreat center has a new mission: welcoming the undocumented
“It’s not just, ‘I’ll pray for you.’ We need to do something personally for them.”
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New report details troubling immigration enforcement measures in El Paso
“Separating fathers from families has been going on for a while. But now, even mothers are being separated from their children.”
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How Our Lady of Altagracia became the (unofficial) patroness of the Dominican Republic
“Our country is so important to us. We carry the Dominican Republic in our hearts.”
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Dreamers face a possible “humanitarian crisis,” says Los Angeles Archbishop José Gomez
Uncertain future awaits ‘Dreamers’ after California judge’s DACA injunction
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Temporary status recipients from El Salvador scramble to find a way to remain in the United States
Nearly 200,000 Salvadorans in the U.S., set to lose Temporary Protected Status, are looking for other options to avoid being sent to a country plagued by gang violence.
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Catholic leaders call ending T.P.S. for Salvadorans a ‘lose-lose’ decision
“Our nation must not turn its back on TPS recipients and their families—they too are children of God,” said Bishop Joe Vásquez of Austin, Tex.