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J.D. Long García is a senior editor at America.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
J.D. Long García
Inspired by Medellín, María del Carmen Moncayo de Villaseñor and María Luisa Arroyo de Ramírez founded the association in Mexico City in 1973.
Cristhian Bahena Rivera is escorted into the Poweshiek County Courthouse for his initial court appearance, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018, in Montezuma, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
J.D. Long García
“The president has turned immigration into simply good people, bad people and a wall.”
Buffalo Bayou floods past its banks near downtown Houston on Aug. 31, 2017, after Hurricane Harvey hit Texas with 4.5 feet of rain. (CNS photo/James Ramos, Texas Catholic Herald)
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J.D. Long García
Hurricane Harvey took a toll on all Houstonians—rich and poor, white and brown, city and suburb—but this boomtown proud of its diversity is getting back on track.
Photo of Carlos Riudavets Montes, S.J. courtesy of Vatican News
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J.D. Long García
Carlos Riudavets Montes, S.J. worked among the indigenous in Perú’s Amazonian region.
Young people stand during a daylong regional encuentro Oct. 28 at Herndon Middle School in Herndon, Va.  (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)
FaithDispatches
J.D. Long García
“For Hispanics, whatever the priest says goes. But that’s not right. The priest is not God. Nobody is above God.”
Honduras immigrant seeking asylum, Carlos Fuentes Maldonado holds his daughter Mia, 1, after they were reunited, Monday, July 23, 2018, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
J.D. Long García
An estimated 463 parents have already been deported, further complicating the family reunification effort.
The Rev. Gilbert Guzman was ordained to the priesthood with nine others June 2 at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles. (Victor Alemán/Angelus News)
FaithDispatches
J.D. Long García
While discernment is never easy, it was even more complicated as a Latino.
In this June 6, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump's Chief of Staff John Kelly attends a briefing on this year's hurricane season at the Federal Emergency Management Agency Headquarters in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Politics & SocietyNews
J.D. Long García
The private letter, sent more than a year ago, may have had changed Mr. Kelly’s mind for a time.
Pepe Urzua, a roofer who arrived from Mexico eight years ago, cradles his two-month-old daughter, Luna, as his wife, Betty, holds their daughter, Scarlet, during the a street festival in Goshen, Ind., on June 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
J.D. Long García
A growing number of Americans are open to increases in legal immigration, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
J.D. Long García
“‘What can I do?’ That’s what everyone needs to ask themselves. We can’t be paralyzed. We need to act.”