HOUSTON (OSV News) -- On Sept. 13, a federal judge declared unlawful a revised version of a program offering protection from deportation to immigrants brought to the country as children without authorization. The decision was criticized by Catholic leaders, who have long
Some vocal public officials and private organizations have joined with some media outlets in making false or misleading claims regarding the church's work with migrants and refugees. Initially, they were aimed at Catholic Charities, especially those local organizations working with migrants at
A federal judge July 25 blocked the Biden administration's rule permitting immigration authorities to deny asylum to migrants who arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border without first applying online or seeking asylum protections in a different country.
The Justice Department on July 24 sued Texas Gov. Greg Abbott over a floating barrier recently installed on the Rio Grande, part of the Republican governor's latest attempts to stop migrants from crossing into the U.S. from Mexico as part of his
Catholic migrant advocates condemned a report alleging inhumane treatment of migrants seeking to cross the border into Texas, including an allegation that the state directed its personnel to withhold water from migrants despite extreme heat.
The Houston Chronicle reported July 17 it obtained
LOS ANGELES (OSV News) — Nearly two weeks after seeing charter flights with migrants flown from Florida and dropped off in California’s capital city, Sacramento, in early June, the members of Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights in Los Angeles received word that
In early July, Cardinal Reinhard Marx, the archbishop of Munich, in Germany, acknowledged, and asked forgiveness for, the conduct of deceased Auxiliary Bishop of Munich Matthias Defregger, who died in 1995. During World War II, Captain Defregger oversaw the destruction of Filetto
The U.S. bishops July 10 praised a recent announcement by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that it would expand family reunification processes for some migrants.
On July 7, the department said it would implement the new processes for eligible nationals of Colombia,
Title 42 was lifted on May 11, 2023, but President Joe Biden’s asylum ban promptly took effect. “I thought that the day Title 42 was lifted would be a day of celebration,” Tania Guerrero said. “It wasn’t. … Just when we thought
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled June 23 that Texas and Louisiana lacked standing to sue the Biden administration over its deportation policies. With its 8-to-1 decision, the court revived immigration enforcement guidelines that prioritized the arrest and deportation of some unauthorized immigrants