“These are clear signs that the president-elect intends to carry out some of the worst campaign promises, including mass deportation,” Dylan Corbett, the executive director of Hope Border Institute, told America.
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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Donald Trump won: 5 Catholic takeaways
What a second Trump presidency might mean for immigration, abortion, climate change and more.
Posted inFaith, Scripture Reflections
Saintly models of humility
A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Charles Borromeo, by J.D. Long García
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Catholic advocates deplore Biden administration’s asylum restrictions at the border
President Biden’s new restrictions on asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border have drawn criticism from Catholics who minister to immigrants and refugees.
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Vance and Walz showed Americans how to politely disagree. Here are six Catholic takeaways from their debate.
The wide-ranging debate between Mr. Vance and Mr. Walz covered climate climate change, immigration, abortion, the economy and the state of democracy, among other issues.
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The Baseball Hall of Fame is not the communion of saints. Pete Rose deserves to get in.
Setting aside the question of character, there is no disputing Mr. Rose’s credentials for the Hall of Fame.
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How St. Francis models being a messenger for Christ
A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Francis of Assisi, by J.D. Long García
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Kamala Harris should reconsider her decision to skip the Catholic Charities Al Smith dinner
Not attending is a missed opportunity both for the Harris-Walz campaign and our country.
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‘Vote no on both’: Arizona Catholics oppose ballot initiatives restricting immigration, expanding abortion
A number of states will vote on expanding or maintaining access to abortion this November, but voters in Arizona will also weigh in on a ballot initiative restricting immigration.
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Donald Trump’s ‘eating pets’ claim is part of a long history of racism against Haitians
I am ashamed to say it, but Trump’s claim that Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, were eating people’s pets reminds me so much of the way Haitians are treated in my home country, the Dominican Republic.