“We know what happens to children that go to court without an attorney. In one word, it is deportation,” said the director of Estrella del Paso.
Immigration
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How Catholics can resist Trump’s deportation campaign against Haitians
The concepts of “rootedness” and “the right to stay, migrate and return,” embedded in Catholic social teaching, offer a lens for framing solidarity with migrants today.
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Bishop DiMarzio: Immigration is what makes America great
On this 250th anniversary, we celebrate our democracy and our achievements as a nation, but we can never forget that it was because of immigration that we have achieved so much.
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Pope Leo XIV on what he loves about America
In a brief interview with NBC News, Pope Leo revealed that he hopes to visit the United States soon.
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Nun speaks out for first time about being detained by ICE while walking to Mass in Texas
Sister Leticia Ugboaja’s attorney says she has for years been granted protection from removal to her native Nigeria because she was likely to face torture there.
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Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, were vilified by Trump. Now they’re bracing for the end of TPS.
Catholic organizations are helping Haitian immigrant communities prepare for what many fear will be a campaign of arrest and deportation.
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ICE killing in Maine raises the question: Why do the police shoot so many people in their cars?
As a former law enforcement officer and police ethics instructor, I worry that the number of deadly police shootings at vehicles is increasing before our eyes.
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The immigrants killed by ICE whose names we don’t remember
The names of Renee Good and Alex Pretti echo in our national discourse. But what about Joan Sebastian Guerrero?
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Vatican-backed priest touring the US calls suffering of immigrants ‘completely unjust’
On his multi-city tour of the U.S., Rev. Mattia Ferrari described the fear, family separation and even detention experienced by immigrants as “completely unfair, completely unjust.”
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Will the Trump administration accept a more humane policy for Haitian migrants?
“Ending TPS for Haitians and Syrians is neither merciful nor just. These are our neighbors, parishioners, coworkers and longtime members of our communities who have built lives here lawfully while conditions in their home countries remain extraordinarily dangerous.”