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Faith leaders and religious groups voice opposition to Biden’s plan to restrict asylum
Taking advantage of a required public comment period, a broad array of faith leaders and religious groups, including faith-based refugee aid organizations, are speaking out against a proposed federal rule that would generally deny asylum to migrants who arrive at the U.S. southern border without first seeking protection in any country the migrants passed through.
New program invites parishes to sponsor asylum-seeking families
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago has been working with the more than 3,600 asylum seekers who arrived in Chicago on buses by mid-November seeking to make a new start in the United States. Now parishes can help by sponsoring such families and accompanying them in getting established.
Welcoming the stranger
Over the past few months, Catholic Charities has been reflecting on the following quote from celebrated theologian and prolific writer Father Henri Nouwen: “Community is first of all a quality of the heart. It grows from the spiritual knowledge that we are alive not for ourselves but for one another.”
Accompanying anyone in need
Since late August, I have been continually reminded about the vitally significant role that Catholic Charities plays in witnessing a message of mercy and hope to our clients in need.
Texas bishops call for immigration reform after migrant deaths in trailer
The Texas Catholic bishops urged immigration reform, saying it is necessary to prevent what happened to 53 migrants discovered dead and dying inside a trailer June 27 from happening again.
Supreme Court allows Biden to end Trump-era policy on asylum-seekers
Catholic leaders praised the Supreme Court’s June 30 decision that gave the Biden administration the go-ahead to rescind a Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” immigration policy requiring asylum-seekers at the southwest U.S. border to wait in Mexico for their asylum hearings.
Hemispheric summit ends with immigration deal among countries
Twenty countries from the Americas, including the United States, signed a declaration June 10, the last day of the troubled Summit of the Americas, committing to help and protect “all migrants, refugees, asylum-seekers, and stateless persons, regardless of their migratory status.”
Government to lift health measure that blocks entrance of asylum-seekers
The Biden administration has confirmed it will lift a public health measure in May that was put in place at the start of the coronavirus pandemic that has kept asylum-seekers out.
Calling attention to Title 42 during National Migration Week
About a dozen members of the Brothers and Sisters of Immigrants held homemade signs and distributed flyers urging people to contact their elected officials about immigration policy on the plaza in the center of the busy intersection of Division Street and Milwaukee and Ashland avenues the morning of Sept. 25.
U.S. bishops support immigration provisions in $3.5 trillion spending bill
The U.S. bishops’ migration chair said Aug. 12 that the Catholic leaders were pleased the $3.5 trillion spending plan passed by the Senate a day earlier would provide “lawful permanent status to qualified immigrants.”
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