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In Guatemala, families mourn the migrants who never reached the US

Yepocapa/San Juan La Laguna, Guatemala Reuters The journey of Rossanna and Widman began in the Guatemalan village of San Juan La Laguna, on the turquoise Lake Atitlan, where they met when he bought the tortillas she was selling for lunch. It ended in the murky waters of the Rio Grande. Family members carry the body […]

Essay: Pay attention to what Trump lies about most

Outlandish? Yes. Farcical? Absolutely. But also sinister and revealing says Rev JIM WALLIS, director of Georgetown University’s Center on Faith and Justice in an article first published on Religion News Service…

Nearly half of world’s migrants are Christian, Pew Research shows

United States RNS The world’s 280 million immigrants have greater shares of Christians, Muslims and Jews than the general population, according to a new Pew Research Center study released on Monday. “You see migrants coming to places like the US, Canada, different places through Western Europe, and being more religious – and sometimes more Christian […]

Anti-racism protests sweep Britain after far-right riots

London, UK Reuters Thousands of police and anti-racism protesters gathered on streets across Britain on Wednesday to challenge expected far-right groups that failed to materialise following more than a week of violent racist attacks targeting Muslims and migrants. Britain has been hit by a series of riots that erupted early last week after three young […]

Half of Americans oppose immigrant detention camps, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

Washington DC, US Reuters About half of US voters oppose putting immigrants in the country illegally into detention camps while awaiting deportation, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll shows, suggesting Americans may be wary of harsher enforcement plans Donald Trump is considering. Some 54 per cent of registered voters opposed the use of detention camps while 36 […]

US judge blocks Texas law cracking down on illegal border crossings

Reuters A federal judge in Texas on Thursday blocked the Republican-led state’s new law giving officials broad powers to arrest, prosecute and order the removal of people who illegally cross the US-Mexico border. US District Judge David Ezra in Austin agreed with Democratic President Joe Biden’s administration that the law known as SB4 interferes with […]