I want to believe things are better now for immigrants, but I fear things are getting worse.
Immigration
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Life at the first stop for many migrants who cross Mediterranean
The latest survivors of the dangerous sea voyage across the Mediterranean from Libya as European Union leaders expressed alarm at the rising numbers of migrants flooding into Italy.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Deportation to deadly countries is an evil we can avoid
Can a Catholic carry out his or her job duties in good conscience if they include the deportation of people facing imminent death in their home countries?
Posted inDispatches, Faith
The Francis effect on Jesuit mergers: Being more present and going to the margins
The consolidation is a work in progress. The brethren have mixed feelings about it, and their provincials know it.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Deporting my Iraqi-Christian dad would be a death sentence. That’s why I’m praying for justice.
The one thing that has been getting me and my family through this all has been the power of prayer.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Chaldeans protest ICE detentions, and possible deportations, in Detroit
Organizers said those who were detained had no prior warning that Immigration and Customs Enforcement would be arresting them the morning of June 11.
Posted inFaith, News
Chaldean deportations are a ‘death sentence.’ Why are Christian Americans silent?
Some Chaldeans and their supporters are wondering why more Christian Americans—their co-religionists—are not speaking out against the impending deportation of hundreds of them from the U.S. to Iraq.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Trump administration to deport immigrant parents, while continuing child immigrant protections
The Trump administration has canceled the immigration program intended to protect parents of U.S. citizens from deportation.
Posted inFaith, News
Priest offers powerful reflection immigration using simple chalice
The chalice was handcrafted primarily with wood from a refugee boat that landed upon the beaches of Lampedusa.
Posted inFaith, News
Bishops extend work of immigration group after vigorous floor debate
On the same day the bishops decided to establish a permanent committee on religious liberty, they agreed to extend the work of an ad hoc committee on immigration.