"I will do everything I can to uphold the God-given dignity of every person in our borderlands community," El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz told the hundreds of participants in a town hall meeting, march and vigil March 24.
Catholic sisters and advocates gathered outside ICE headquarters on the feast of St. Oscar Romero, condemning violent tactics and urging agents to follow conscience over unjust orders.
A U.S. policy change easing R-1 visa restrictions offers modest relief for foreign-born religious workers, but advocates say ongoing immigration hurdles continue to disrupt ministries and the communities they serve.
Sinsinawa Dominicans are bringing food to immigrants, providing legal aid, giving rides to Latino teachers afraid to go to work, and helping pay bills for those staying in their homes for fear of arrest and deportation.
The border is not a "happy place" to be these days, nor is any migrant community in the U.S. Our reality is complex, and happiness is not the same as hope.
As U.S. agencies send clear messages about who is welcomed and who is not, St. Joseph Sr. Kari Pohl has created the migration mysteries: a rosary rooted in Jesus' own story of migration.
More than 2,000 faithful gathered to pray outside the Broadview ICE Detention Center Nov. 1, but the group's main request — to bring Communion to detainees — was rejected by federal immigration officials.
