Sincere questions for my friends on both sides of the immigration debate
Immigration
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Jesuit Universities defend DACA students
Students, faculty, and staff at Jesuit Universities around the country push back against the Trump administration’s plan to end DACA, a policy which could lead to the deportation of students at Jesuit Schools. Special Thanks to the Los Angeles Loyolan. Their coverage of the LMU demonstration here.
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Time to move from outrage to action on DACA, Fordham University president says
Jesuit and other Catholic academic leaders are ready to protect the Dreamers in their communities from deportation forces.
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Wife, mother describes trauma she felt during recent deportation attempt
INDIANAPOLIS (CNS) — It was a typical day for Maira Bordonabe last spring. “I dropped my children off for school, then I spent some time in (adoration),” said the married mother of two children, ages 7 and 12, and a member of St. Gabriel the Archangel Parish in Indianapolis. On that typical spring day as […]
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Cardinal Dolan: Steve Bannon’s comments on immigration are ‘insulting’ and ‘ridiculous’
Mr. Bannon said he believes the Catholic Church has been “terrible” to Mr. Trump on the issue of immigration.
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Trump sends mixed messages on fate of Dreamers
Hours after the announced the end of DACA President Trump appeared to backtrack and leave open the possibility of revisiting DACA if Congress cannot pass legislation to protect Dreamers.
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Steve Bannon says Catholics “need illegal aliens to fill the churches”
Former White House Chief Strategist Stephen K. Bannon believes the Catholic Church has been “terrible” to Mr. Trump on the issue of immigration, accusing bishops of supporting immigrants out of “economic interest.”
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The U.S. Catholic experience is increasingly Hispanic and Southwestern
Back in 1991, close to nine in 10 Catholics in the United States were white. Today, that number is down to 55 percent—and that percentage will continue to drop.
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Catholic Church leaders condemn Trump administration’s decision to end DACA
Reacting to the move to end DACA, the bishops said, “Today, our nation has done the opposite of how Scripture calls us to respond. It is a step back from the progress that we need to make as a country.”
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A teacher makes the Christian case to keep DACA
DACA is a small and imperfect step in realizing what we Christians assert as truth about the dignity of all.