“Deportation is not an immigration policy,” Archbishop José Gomez said at a Georgetown roundtable on Sept. 11 featuring four bishops.
Kevin Clarke
Kevin Clarke is America’s chief correspondent and the author of Oscar Romero: Love Must Win Out (Liturgical Press).
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Trump’s deadly strike on a drug-trafficking boat sets a dangerous example
The notion of targeted killings “was never lawful,” even when it was aimed exclusively at terrorism suspects, and it is thoroughly unlawful “when it’s aimed at drug trafficking suspects.”
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Why is Israel targeting journalists in Gaza?
In the midst of the horror show that is Gaza, the targeting and assassination of journalists in Gaza remains worth calling out.
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What difference have I made?
A Reflection for Tuesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time, by Kevin Clarke
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The Trump administration’s friendly neighborhood military takeover of Washington
If you head to Washington seeking evidence of the city’s military takeover, you are very likely to come away disappointed.
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Be like Pope Leo: Take all your vacation days—without guilt
By getting out of Rome for vacation at Castel Gandolfo, Pope Leo sets a good example, especially for us Americans.
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Vatican workers now get 5 days of paid paternity leave. That’s 5 more than U.S. dads.
Alone among its international peers, the United States has no national mandate for paid maternity or paternity leave.
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Forgiving debt can be a justice issue
A Reflection for Saturday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Kevin Clarke
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‘Lives hanging by a thread’: Looking at hunger and starvation in Gaza
Observers around the world have grown weary of the images of starving children and desperate people gunned down while trying to collect bags of flour or boxes of food.
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‘Our people are living in fear’: U.S. bishops stand up for migrants amid Trump crackdown
The U.S. church will have to contend with “deportation on steroids“ as the Trump administration adds vast new capacity to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.