An undocumented 10-year-old girl with cerebral palsy is not a threat to U.S. national security.
Immigration
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Advocates decry Homeland Security’s TPS decision for Nicaraguans
Rather than ending TPS advocates say it was time for Congress to develop a legislative plan to allow Nicaraguans, Hondurans and others to remain in the U.S. permanently.
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Jesuit network marks 20 years of working for justice
At the 2017 gathering, organizers offered Catholic speakers that tackled racism, immigration, climate change, socioeconomic inequality, prison reform and other forms of social exclusion.
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Immigration advocates say Trump stirs anti-immigrant fears after New York attack
“I feel that every time there is a terrorist attack that happens, and the individual happens to be Muslim, rather than holding the individual accountable, there is this push to hold entire swaths of communities accountable.”
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Pope Francis: Catholic universities need to teach about migrants & refugees to counter xenophobia
Catholic universities need to study the root causes of forced migration and ways to counter discrimination, Pope Francis said.
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Justice Department says it was misled by A.C.L.U. in immigrant teen’s abortion case
The Justice Department said it was about to appeal a lower court decision allowing the teen to have an abortion when it realized she had already had the procedure earlier that day.
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Ten-year-old with cerebral palsy remains detained by Border Patrol
It could be months before Rosa Maria will be able to see her family.
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How to encounter Latino Catholics in America (and why you need to)
The nation has changed, once again. This time we are becoming more Latino. The demographic shift is not the future; it is the present.
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Sisters of Mercy call for ‘unencumbered’ bill to help Dreamers
A “clean” bill would be “unencumbered with costly, punitive and unnecessary provisions.”
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Bishops “appalled” by Border Patrol agents detaining child with cerebral palsy
“This action is not humane,” Bishop Tamayo said.