The bill now before the Senate creates "new and completely unacceptable federal policy that endangers human life and rights of conscience,” three leading bishops said.
Orthodox Christians in predominantly Muslim Turkey "don't feel that we enjoy our full rights as Turkish citizens," said Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, the spiritual head of the world's 300 million Orthodox.
U.S. bishops plan to launch a postcard campaign in 2010 to urge Congress to make comprehensive immigration reform its next priority.
A group that aids migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border has been ticketed him for littering after leaving supplies for the refugees.
A critical factor will be the doctors' evaluation concerning the woman's mental state and whether or not she was "of sound mind."