Around 200,000 Salvadorans and 57,000 Hondurans have been residing in the United States for more than 15 years under Temporary Protected Status. But that status is set to expire in early 2018.
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Posted inPolitics & Society, Video
Paul Ryan jabs Trump at Al Smith Dinner
At this year’s Al Smith Dinner, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan doled out the event’s trademark deprecating humor with zingers aimed at both sides of the aisle—and the White House.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Paul Ryan makes jabs at Trump, Dolan and himself at Al Smith Dinner
“Everyone will report what happened here tonight differently,” Mr. Ryan joked.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The deadliest consequence of our unfettered gun ownership is not mass shootings: it’s suicide.
A suicide prevented is often more than only one life saved; it often is a whole family preserved.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The Editors: Don’t underfund the Census
The Census must be done right.
Posted inBooks, Politics & Society
How did she lose? Bob Shrum on Hillary Clinton and the 2016 election
This is a real book, written by a real person, suffused with the raw wounds of her defeat.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Your Take
What type of gun control does the U.S. need?
Although respondents to America’s survey had different priorities with regard to gun control, an overwhelming majority of 88 percent called gun control a pro-life issue.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
What Catholics in post-Protestant democracy can learn from medieval monarchs
If we, the people, are ourselves responsible for the good of the state, then we have the same obligations that a medieval monarch once had.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
A 3-question examination of conscience on immigration that all Catholics need to do
Catholics are called to act and to equip ourselves with truth-telling tools to transform the polemics of immigration into a grace-filled response to human suffering.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Senate confirms Callista Gingrich as President Trump’s ambassador to the Vatican
23 senators voted against Ms. Gingrich’s confirmation, a departure from previous nominations that faced little opposition.