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Brenda and Yarely—two “Dreamers” posing for a photo before their 2018 graduation from Trinity Washington University—consider themselves symbols of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which provides legal protections and work authorization to immigrants brought to the U.S. as children by their parents without legal documents. On June 18, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a 5-4 ruling rejecting President Donald Trump's executive order to cancel DACA. (CNS photo/Chaz Muth) 
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Ryan Di Corpo
“First, to DACA youth, through today’s decision and beyond,” the bishops said in a statement issued on June 18, “we will continue to accompany you and your families. You are a vital part of our church and our community of faith. We are with you.”
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The Editors
Congress must stop passing the buck to the courts and do the work of passing a just immigration law.
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Mark Sherman - Associated Press
The justices rejected administration arguments that the 8-year-old Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program is illegal.
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Norma Montenegro Flynn - Catholic News Service
Georgetown University's Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life sponsored an online roundtable of Latino young adults who discussed the topic "Justice and Faith, Family and Community: Latino Leadership in a Time of Crisis."
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Edward Hoyt
Black men strung up and lynched by Irish-Americans in New York, in the midst of the Civil War. It turns the stomach to acknowledge, but the truth is unavoidable.
The U.S.-Canada border crossing in Lacolle, Canada. The Trump administration is scheduled to formally publish more stringent asylum rules June 15 and allow 30 days for public comment. (CNS photo/Christinne Muschi, Reuters) 
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Rhina Guidos - Catholic News Service
The changes may eliminate multiple grounds under which people can be granted asylum and allow immigration judges to reject asylum applications without hearing from those seeking it.