Catholic diocese sues US Government, worried some foreign-born priests might be forced to leave
United States AP For more than a year, religious organisations have lobbied Congress and the Biden administration to fix a sudden procedural change in how the government processes green cards for religious workers, which threatens the ability of thousands of them to continue to minister in the United States. The Catholic Diocese of Paterson, New […]
In the US, faith-based agencies denounce Biden’s executive order at the southern border
United States RNS President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Tuesday, dramatically limiting the number of immigrants who may apply for asylum at the southern United States border. The policy pauses entry at the border, starting Wednesday, once 2,500 illegal entries have occurred in any 24-hour period. The executive order follows two failed efforts […]
US Supreme Court lets Texas border enforcement law take effect
Washington DC, US Reuters The US Supreme Court on Tuesday let a Republican-backed Texas law take effect that allows state law enforcement authorities to arrest people suspected of illegally crossing the US-Mexico border, rejecting a bid to block it by President Joe Biden’s administration. The court has a six-to-three conservative majority, and its three liberal […]
What does the future hold for Venezuelan migrants?
Bogota, Colombia Thomson Reuters Foundation Venezuelans fleeing economic and political turmoil now face tough new border regulations in the US as Joe Biden’s administration tries to clamp down on a wave of migration. Millions have left the South American nation over the last decade for countries including neighbouring Colombia, Brazil and the United States. Wearing […]
Planting seeds of hope: Prayer, worship lift unaccompanied migrant teens in US shelters
GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO, of Associated Press, reports on the mission of Catholic clergy and volunteers who minister to teens held in US immigration detention on the outskirts of El Paso…
US to end COVID-era order blocking migrants at Mexico border
Washington DC, US Reuters US health officials are planning to end a sweeping, pandemic-related expulsion policy that has effectively closed down the US asylum system at the border with Mexico by 23rd May, a US official familiar with the matter told Reuters, adding that the decision had not yet been finalised. A draft notice by […]
US pastor asks federal court to sanction immigration officials
Washington DC, US RNS The pastor of a historic New York church is asking a federal court to sanction immigration officials, arguing they offered “false or at best misleading” accounts in response to a lawsuit and put her at risk of arrest in Mexico under false pretenses as she aided asylum-seekers. “They consistently lied or […]
Migrants denounce Mexico’s crackdown amid bilateral talks in Washington
Tapachula, Mexico Reuters US-bound migrants, mostly from Central America and the Caribbean, said on Thursday that a Mexican government crackdown was keeping them “prisoner” in the south of the country. The migrant comments contrasted with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s promises of humane treatment ahead of Thursday’s high-level meeting between Mexican and US officials […]
US reunites only seven immigrant children with parents since February
Los Angeles, US Reuters An effort by US President Joe Biden to reunite migrant families separated by the previous administration is moving slowly, with only seven children reunited with parents by a task force launched in February, according to a US Department of Homeland Security report released on Tuesday. Another 29 families are set to […]
Migration crisis: Biden tells migrants to stay put. Central Americans hear a different message
LAURA GOTTESDIENER, of Reuters, reports from Guatemala on the growing migrant crisis on the southern US border…