The Supreme Court birthplace citizenship decision was reassuring, but these days it does not feel particularly safe in America to be of immigrant stock.
Immigration
Posted inShort Take
The result of dismantling asylum and TPS will be measured in lives
Asylum and T.P.S. are both legal instruments intended to keep people from being sent into harm’s way. Dismantling them does more than intensify enforcement.
Posted inNews
ICE detains Texas-based religious sister on her way to Mass, releases her several hours later
Sister Leticia, wearing her religious habit, had just emerged from her residence near the church when she was arrested by immigration enforcement agents.
Posted inEditorials
The Supreme Court’s Immigration Rulings Reveal a Profound Moral Failure
The hostility to immigrants enabled by yesterday’s Supreme Court decisions marks a profound moral failure in the American understanding of our national heritage.
Posted inDispatches
‘Troubles’ 2.0 in Belfast? How anti-migrant violence connects to a more complicated history
The June riots were explicitly directed toward migrants, such that some public figures suggest a more accurate term for what happened would be “pogrom.”
Posted inThe Weekly Dispatch
What ICE plans to do with billions in funding
A $240 billion war chest for ICE and Border Patrol immigration enforcement suggests that the turmoil experienced by Chicago, Los Angeles and Minneapolis is going to continue through the balance of Mr. Trump’s term in office, if indeed the chaos does not get much, much worse.
Posted inNews
Northern Ireland: Bishop denounces rioters stoking ‘flames of racism’ in Belfast
The Bishop said the riots and continued attacks against migrants “will not resolve any underlying issues, and violence will have to give way to dialogue and engagement.”
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USCCB president: Church must ‘put out into the deep,’ offer hope in Christ to all
Archbishop Coakley opened the public sessions with his first address as USCCB president, having been elected during the conference’s annual fall meeting in November 2025.
Posted inDispatches
ICE and protesters clash at Delaney Hall: What to know about the detention center’s ‘horrible’ conditions
Activists work to assist detained migrants and their families as protests against the ICE facility enter their second week.
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In L.A., this Catholic sister offers shelter and mercy to immigrants convicted of crimes
Catholic bishops and immigrant advocates have pushed back on the mass deportation campaign, saying deportations should be reserved for convicted criminals. That position has left Sister Groth largely on her own in advocating they, too, receive a merciful approach.