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Extension begins crowdfunding campaign for Texas migrant shelter on border

Chicago-based Catholic Extension has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise $25,000 for a new emergency migrant shelter at the U.S.-Mexico border in Laredo, Texas.

Report says accurate number of children separated at border is unknown

A report published Jan. 17 says the number of immigrant children separated from their parents at the border last year is unknown and the number given out by government officials at the end of 2018, saying that 2,737 children were separated, is not accurate. The number may be much higher.

U.S. can both secure border, treat migrants humanely at the same time, says bishop

Securing borders and humane treatment of those fleeing persecution and seeking a better life "are not mutually exclusive," the chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Migration said.

Diverse cultures celebrated at Migration Week Mass

Immigrants representing more than 35 countries participated in a multicultural Mass celebrating Chicago’s diverse Catholic community in observance of National Migration Week at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago on Jan. 6.

Catholic groups denounce death of child near U.S. border on Christmas Eve

Immigration officials announced new health checks for immigrant children under detention after a second child, an 8-year-old boy, died Christmas Eve while under the agency's care.

Immigration battles continue as 2018 comes to an end

The year may be coming to an end but the battles on the immigration front promise to continue well into 2019 and beyond.

Catholic Extension emergency funding helps migrants at border

Catholic Extension has given $25,000 in emergency funding to a facility in the Diocese of El Paso, Texas, and is urging donors around the country to provide aid to meet the needs of migrants being released from detention daily.

Health, immigration advocates oppose rule

Several Catholic hospital and community leaders met Oct. 10 and called on people in their networks to oppose a proposed immigration rule change that would make it harder for immigrants to qualify for permanent resident status, and that could decrease immigrants’ access to health care.

Protecting children at the border and in the church

When our son and daughter were little I told them that if we ever got separated — in a park, at a museum, in any public space — they should look for a mother with young children and go to her, because she would keep them safe and know how to reunite us as quickly as possible.

Chicago area priests, young leaders get first-hand look at border

Catholics have been on the front lines of the humanitarian crisis unfolding on the U.S.-Mexico border, a crisis that has lasted for years. It cropped up in the news this spring when Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a zero-tolerance policy in which all adults crossing the border without permission would be criminally prosecuted, and any children traveling with them would be taken away.
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