On Nov. 12, the U.S. bishops elected Archbishop Gomez to be the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on the first ballot.

Archbishop Gomez leads the largest U.S. diocese, Los Angeles, home to more than four million Catholics, and has been a vocal proponent of rights for immigrants.

“Our nation made a promise to these ‘Dreamers,’” Archbishop Gomez wrote. “We have a moral obligation. It is time for the president and Congress to honor that promise and live up to this obligation.”

The Rev. James Martin, S.J., leads listeners through an Examen prayer with a reflection on the courage of Mother Cabrini, the patron saint of immigrants.

While Prohibition’s popularity would wane by the end of the decade because of its unintended consequences, at the time of its ratification and implementation, it enjoyed a fair amount of popular support. Except in the pages of America.

The Trump administration is engaged in a systematic war against immigrants, and one prime target seems to be those of us who represent them.

"Any time we go outside, we could be arrested."

“They died on their way to this country and made that journey from life into death,” Ms. Marquez said. “In the end, we will find them there with our God."

We women do not want to make waves; we do not want to upset people. But the moment for all of us to act is decidedly now.

It's unclear what the announcement means when only the work permits have been extended.