As many as 17 to 23 Catholic Charities offices around the country are now confronting the end of programs that have been successfully assimilating thousands of refugees into U.S. society for decades
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Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Trump administration rules that nearly 200,000 Salvadorans must leave or face deportation
El Salvador is the fourth country whose citizens have lost Temporary Protected Status under President Donald Trump.
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Hurricane-damaged houses of worship can receive FEMA aid
President Trump tweeted in September that Texas churches should be “entitled to reimbursement from FEMA” for aiding Hurricane Harvey victims.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
The elderly and disabled were left behind in Hurricane Irma. What will happen next time?
It remains to be seen whether new efforts to address vulnerabilities faced by low-income, disabled and elderly people will result in meaningful changes.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Daniel Ellsberg on the most dangerous threat we face
To those of us who campaigned against the Vietnam War as unjust and unwinnable, Daniel Ellsberg was a hero.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The Editors: Children’s health insurance deserves more than life support from Congress
The willingness to use CHIP as a bargaining tactic highlight the misplaced priorities of the current congressional leadership.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Jesuit ethicist: Puerto Rico can no longer be a U.S. colony
Hurricane Maria removed the delusions of prosperity and first-world status that blinded so many to the realities of Puerto Rico, including the fragility of its infrastructure, its high levels of social inequality and its status as a U.S. colony.
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‘Misinformation’ seen as reason for veto of Pennsylvania abortion bill
The legislation would have strengthened the ban on dismemberment abortions and abortions from the 20th week on during a pregnancy.
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U.S. bishops ask Trump to reconsider GOP tax plan as it heads to White House
“We ask that [the president] take into account the full consequences of its provisions and work with Congress to remedy them before signing a tax bill into law.”
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What Martin Scorsese can teach us about our immigration debate
“Gangs of New York” reminds us that for as long as the United States has been a nation of immigrants, it has been infected by xenophobia.