United States Immigration Challenges

Prayer

Prayer for Immigrants Who Died Trying to Reach the United States

In your mercy, Lord, receive the souls of those who undertook perilous journeys

to escape hunger or crushing oppression or threats of violence

May they who did not know peace and security in this life

now find in you and with all the angels and saints

a place of peace and happiness,

as the share in the fullness of life with you, their creator and redeemer. Amen

by Father Louis CameliProfiles in Catholicism

Medical Journal Articles

• State Public Insurance Coverage Policies and Postpartum Care Among Immigrants by Maria W. Steenland, SD; Rachel E. Fabi, PhD; Meghan Bellerose, MPH3, et al JAMA July 18, 2023

• When migrant buses arrive, LA groups rush to help by Mike Cisneros Angelus News

• Trends in Sexual Assault Against Detainees in US Immigration Detention Centers, 2018-2022 by Nicole Lue, BA1 Joseph Nwadiuko, MD, MPH, MSHP; Parveen Parmar, MD, MPH; et al JAMA January 24/31, 2023

Articles  and Commentaries

• 10 million Christian migrants in the U.S risk deportation, report says by Lisa Zengarini Vatican News

• Salvadoran-born Bishop Evelio Menjivar: Migrants ‘make the United States a great nation’ by Tessa Gervasini Catholic News Agency/The Catholic World Report

• Haitian immigrants helped revive a struggling Ohio town. Then neo-Nazis turned up by Stephen Starr The Guardian

• Visibly Invisible: Immigration enforcement in Chicago by Alejandra Oliva Commonweal

• U.S., Venezuelan bishops: Ending temporary protected status for migrants ‘counterproductive’ by Andrés Henríquez Catholic News Agency/The Catholic World Report 

• Minnesota bishops call for ‘generous but also prudent’ welcome of refugees by Tessa Gervasini Catholic News Agency/The Catholic World Report 

• JD Vance vs. the Vatican: Inside Pope Francis' fight for Catholic identity by Christopher White National Catholic Reporter 

• Jesuit Refugee Service says Trump funding freeze will impact more than 100,000 refugees by Madalaine Elhabbal Catholic News Agency/The Catholic World Report 

• Letter of the Holy Father to the Bishops of the United States of America by Pope Francis

• Immigration debate: Archbishop Wenski goes to bat for the bishops by Kate Quiñones Catholic News Agency/ Catholic World Report 

• Refugee Rights and the Trump Administration by HIAS 

• Refugees Make America Stronger and More Prosperous by Mark Hetfield HIAS

• Archbishop Gomez urges ‘restraint and compassion’ on immigration enforcement by Angelus

• US Bishops Criticize Trump’s Executive Orders on Climate, Death Penalty, Immigration by Daniel Payne/ Catholic News Agency/National Catholic Register

• Florida church leader charged with possession of child pornography by Ty Storey WTVY

• Faith-based aid agencies challenge Trump’s order 'realigning' refugee program by Jack Jenkins Religion News Service 

• Flights canceled for refugees who were slated to travel to US by Priscilla Alvarez, CNN

• Justice Department issues memo threatening to prosecute officials who resist immigration crackdown by Hannah Rabinowitz, Evan Perez and Holmes Lybrand CNN

• US military ordering thousands more troops to southern border by Natasha Bertrand, Priscilla Alvarez, Haley Britzky and Oren Liebermann, CNN

• Rethinking immigration: An alternative to mass deportation by Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio The Pilot 

• Cardinal Cupich: We oppose any immigrant mass deportation plan by Linda Bordoni Vatican News

• Catholic bishops issue immigration reform guidance: Safeguard communities in humane way by Tyler Arnold Catholics News Agency, The Catholic World Report

• In parroting a lie about migrants in Springfield, Ohio, Trump excites extremists

  by Odette Yousef NPR

• The Dark, Neo-Nazi Origins of Trump’s Migrant Pet-Eating Conspiracy

  by Hafiz Rashid The New Republic 

• Arizona immigration proposal ‘harmful,’ state bishops say

  by John Lavenburg Crux

• US Authorities Lose 30,000 Migrant Children by Anezka Pichrtova Newsweek

• How Trump's deportation plan would harm the nation — and the church by J. Kevin Appleby National Catholic Reporter

• In interview, Pope Francis calls out ‘madness’ of US anti-immigrant policies by Claire Giangravé Religion News Service

• Trump’s ‘terrorizing’ plan to mass deport immigrants: ‘It would rip us apart’ by J.D. Long García America

• U.S. Border Policies Harm People Fleeing Danger by Ayelet Parness  HIAS

• On anniversary of migrant deaths, El Paso prelate prays for ‘respect’ by John Lavenburg Cruz’

• Biden immigration program offers legal status to 500,000 spouses of U.S. citizens. Here's how it works. by Camilo Montoya-Galvez  CBS News

• Finding humanity at the border — in migrants, the Border Patrol and ourselves by Merinda Cutler and Meredith Gardner Religion News Service

• Migrants: unappreciated, hardworking, and needed by Tony Magliano Clarion Herald

• Chicago pastors help the city grapple with flood of migrants by Rebekah Barber Religion News Service

• Migrant drownings stoke tensions at the border by David Agren Our Sunday Visitor

• Biden Admin Orders Texas National Guard to Leave Eagle Pass Park Where Many Migrants Cross Border by Catholic Vote

• Unrestricted Immigration Is a Real Problem by Steven Camarota Tablet

• U.S. and Mexican bishops present proposals to help migrants by Diego López Colín Catholic News Agency

• New Texas law criminalizing unauthorized migrants’ entry into state called inhumane by Kate Scanlon  Our Sunday Visitor

• The U.S.-Mexico Relationship Is About More Than Migration by Christopher S. Chivvis Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

• In letter, Cardinal urges parishes to address migrant crisis by Wes Cipolla The Pilot

• Tracing the History of Jewish Immigrants and Their Impact on New York City by Tanisia Morris Fordham News

• Western Pennsylvania diocese invites Ukrainian refugees to visit — and permanently stay by Jim Graves Catholic News Agency/The Catholic World Report

• Texas bishops blast reports of denying migrants water, pushing them into the Rio Grande by John Lavenburg Crux

• The Examen. Discovering God in everyday life by Jesuits in Britain

• U.S. Bishops Back Bill to Help Immigrant Children, and Religious Workers by John Lavenburg The Tablet

• 58-year-old man faces sexual assault charges in connection to incidents at Kitchener school by Heather Senoran CTV Television Network

• Illegal border crossings are down. One big reason why is now part of a court fight by Joel Rose NPR WBEZ Chicago

• Expert ICMC Deployees Assist Afghans Evacuated to the U.S. by Rachel Westerby ICMC

• From Persecution to Freedom: A Gay Ugandan’s Journey in the U.S. by Ayelet Parness HIAS

• Supreme Court rejects Texas and Louisiana challenge to Biden deportation priorities by Ariane de Vogue CNN

• Catholic Immigration Advocate Says Migrants’ TPS Extensions Helps But Is Not Enough by Carol Zimmermann The Tablet

• Florida confirms shipping migrants to Catholic Charities in Sacramento by John Lavenburg Crux

• Jesuit Migration Network Convenes in Arizona to Collaborate and Support Migrants by Ignatian Spirituality

• A trip made 'Solito': What a young immigrant's journey to the U.S. can teach us by Msgr. Richard Antall Angelus News

• US bishops oppose GOP-backed ‘Secure the Border Act’ by John Lavenburg Crux

• In Portland, Maine, One Community of Immigrants Welcomes Another by Tablet

• Biden administration to send 1,500 troops to US-Mexico border for expected migrant surge by The Independent.

• Catholic leaders blast new US-Canada immigration deal by John Lavenburg Crux

• Reaching immigrants in need was ‘labor of love’ for Bishop O’Connell by Mike Cisneros and Tom Hoffarth Angelus News

• Texas lawmakers propose making illegal immigration a felony by Peter Pinedo Catholic News Agency

• Tucker Carlson calls Trump ‘a little bit autistic’ and knocks ex-president’s claim he would end Ukraine war by John Bowden The Independent

• Over 1000 JPIT church leaders oppose 'Illegal Migration Bill' by Independent Catholic News

• Detained immigrants launch hunger strike at two California facilities by Aleja Hertzler-McCain National Catholic Reporter

• Bishops’ leader on migration blasts new crackdown on border crossings by John Lavenburg Crux

• Florida lawmakers approve Gov. Ron DeSantis' expanded migrant relocation program by Douglas Soule USA TODAY

• She Shouldn’t Have to Carry It Alone by Vanessa Camacho Taller de jose

• Disability theology: How religious beliefs can help or hinder accessibility by Kathryn Post Religion News Service

• Border bishop takes lead role in Catholic migrant ministry by Giovanna Dell'orto Religion News Service

• ‘At the Crossroads of Migration’ by John Gehring Commonweal

• Venezuelan prelate begs US to reverse crackdown on entry for asylum seekers by Elise Ann Allen Crux

• ‘Threatening to crash the economy on purpose': GOP to gut Social Security and Medicare if it wins House by David Badash AlterNet

• 'Nice political party you got there': Jake Tapper tears apart Marjorie Taylor Greene and her 'crazy talk' by Brandon Gage AlterNet

• Bishop urges leaders to overcome partisan divide to solve immigration crisis by John Lavenburg Crux

• NYC Mayor Eric Adams declares state of emergency over influx of migrants by Samantha Beech CNN

• “A Failure on All Our Parts.” Thousands of Immigrant Children Wait in Government Shelters by Melissa Sanchez ProPublica

• Archbishop on immigration: The U.S. is morally obliged to protect those seeking refuge from harm by PRNewswire

• Jesuit Refugee Service launches plan to help integrate immigrants by John Lavenburg Crux

• Cardinal Dolan meets with migrants bused by Gov. Abbott from Texas, offers scholarships to attend NYC’s Catholic schools by Catholic News Service/America

• Hasidic nonprofit brings shoes to greet asylum-seekers arriving in NYC from Texas by Kathryn Post Religion News Service

• Los Angeles archbishop issues new call for immigration reform by John Lavenburg Crux

• Cardinal's statement on immigrants flown to Martha's Vineyard by The Pilot

• Smugglers put migrants in suitcases, empty water tanks, U.S. prosecutors allege by Ted Hesson and Kristina Cooke Reuters

• Chicago cardinal pledges support for migrants sent from Texas by John Lavenburg Crux

• Beyond the border, reunification of Latin American families takes years by Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service/Angelus

• Border Patrol Agents Are Trashing Sikh Asylum-Seekers’ Turbans by John Washington The Intercept

• Moment of silence at Masses honors immigrant beaten to death in broad daylight by Elise Ann Allen Crux

• Diocese members travel to border, ‘blown away’ by immigrant realities by John Lavenburg Crux

• Texas bishops call for immigration reform after truck deaths by CathNews

• Couple indicted for raping daughter to profit from pregnancy by The Jerusalem Post

• "I Don't Want Anyone Else to Go Through That": ICE Detainees Allege Sexual Assault by Jail Nurse by Intercept

• More than 200,000 migrants stopped at southern border in June by Anna Giaritelli Washington Examiner

• Tragedy in Texas by Griffin Oleynick Commonweal

• San Antonio archbishop calls for ‘integral immigration reform’ in wake of tragedy by John Lavenburg Crux

• Sister Norma Pimentel accepts peace award for families at border by Barb Arland-Fye Catholic News Service

• Migrants and Refugees: Putting the vulnerable at the center by Benedict Mayaki, SJ Vatican News

• Man Accused of Placing Neo-Nazi Sticker at Immigrant Center by The Associated Press/The Skanner

• Haitians head to Mexico-U.S. border; church seeks humanitarian help by David Agren Catholic News Service

• Sister Norma Pimentel accepts peace award for families at border by Barb Arland-Fye Catholic News Service/ Crux

• Prayer, worship lift unaccompanied migrant teens in shelters by Giovanna Dell'Orto The Associated Press

• Immigration advocates praise decision to end ‘Title 42’ border policy by John Lavenburg Crux

• On immigration, DeSantis chooses Trumpism over Catholicism by Jacob Lupfer Religion News Service

• Migrants at the the U.S. border are often traumatized. JRS provides the mental health services they desperately need. by J.D. Long-García America

• Miami archbishop decries DeSantis' immigration comments by Catholic News Agency

• Finding More Life on the Border by Myles Kelley, SJ The Jesuit Post

• Biden administration's deeply unchristian immigration policy must change by Daniel P. Horan National Catholic Reporter

• Another Immigration Purgatory for Children by Diana R. Gordon The New York Review

• Dear President Biden, End Title 42 by Michael Petro, SJ The Jesuit Post

• Border Patrol Agents Find Abandoned Babies on Banks of Rio Grande With Attached Note by Matthew Impelli Newsweek/Microsoft News

• Toddler and infant sibling rescued after being abandoned at southern border by Luke Gentile Examiner/Microsoft News

• US immigration: Thousands gather under bridge at US-Mexico border in growing crisis by BBC

• Texas archbishop says small border crossing facing ‘humanitarian crisis’ by John Lavenburg Crux

• Church to Governor in Texas: Don’t blame immigrants for Covid by John Lavenburg Crux

• Numbers of unaccompanied minors at border setting record by Rhina Guidos Catholic News Agency/Crux

• Audio from migrant shelter reveals allegations of sex misconduct by staff with minors by Julia Ainsley and Didi Martinez NBC News

• US migrant camp 'kids feel like they're in prison' by Hilary Andersson BBC News

• Q & A with Sr. Mercedes Castillo, accompanying immigrants on the border by Nuri Vallbona Global Sisters Report

• Catholic groups ask bishops for ‘pastoral, moral’ leadership on immigration by Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service

• Migrants fleeing religious persecution find refuge in SF by Lorena Rojas Catholic San Francisco

• Children tell of neglect, filth and fear in US asylum camps by Hilary Andersson and Anne Laurent BBC

• The Filipino mothers selling their children for online sexual abuse by Neil Jayson Servallos Philippine Center for Investigational Journalism

• Immigration delays lead to forced departure of priests by Father Pablo Migone Patheos

• Border Policy Is Getting More and More Convoluted. That’s Creating False Hope for Migrants. by Lomi Kriel The Texas Tribune/ProPublica

• Speech for Nakba 2021: 'A Jew in solidarity with Palestine' by Robert A. H. Cohen Patheos

• Biden raises refugee admissions cap to 62,500 by Catholic News Agency/The Catholic World Report

• Unusual Supreme Court vote rules illegal immigrant can avoid deportation on technicality by Ronn Blitzer Fox News

• Church leaders say migrant children need more than food, shelter; they need hope by John Lavenburg Crux

• Unwelcomed: Refugee recounts struggle to reunite with family by Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service

• “It’s Consumed Our Lives”: Volunteers Step In as Border Patrol Drops Migrants Off in Tiny Arizona Towns by Ryan Devereaux The Intercept

• Border priest says migrant children need protection, assistance by John Lavenburg Crux

• The U.S. Catholic Church Needs Migrants, and Not Just to Fill Pews by Brian Strassburger, SJ The Jesuit Post

• Lack of US plan for asylum-seekers tempers hope among migrants, advocates by Soli Salgado Global Sisters Report

• A Year into the Pandemic Migrants Face Uncertainty and Violence on the Border by Sara Ritchie Jesuits

• US immigration policy: A classic, unappreciated example of structural racism by Charles Kamasaki Brookings

• A Year into the Pandemic Migrants Face Uncertainty and Violence on the Border by Sara Ritchie Jesuits

• Smugglers, extortion and broken dreams: Migrants’ road to U.S. has perils by David Agren Catholic News Service

• On The Southern Border, Sr. Liz Sjoberg Says She is “Working With, Not For” the People of God by Sullivan McCormick, SJ The Jesuit Post

• Slain Guatemalan migrant leaves behind legacy of faith in two countries by Ann Rodgers Angelus

• In nasty clash, Miami pol accused of ‘antisemitic dog foghorn’ by Jordan Levin The Forward

• The Border Patrol Is Dropping Migrant Families in Arizona Desert Towns With Little Capacity to Receive Them by Ryan Devereaux The Intercept

• Expelled from US at night, migrant families weigh next steps by Elliot Spagat The Associated Press

• Unaccompanied minors, a pandemic and politics mix at the border by Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service

• Unaccompanied minors, a pandemic and politics mix at the border by Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service/Angelus

• Immigrants: They Need Us, and We Need Them by Guest Contributor Patheos

• US-Mexico crisis talks focus on migration by James Blears Vatican News

• Biden to slowly allow 25,000 people seeking asylum into US by Elliot Spadat The Associated Press

• Court blocks Trump executive order allowing state and local officials to refuse refugees by Emily McFarlan Miller Religion News Service

• Trump leaves mark on immigration policy, some of it lasting by Ben Fox Associated Press

• Aid groups aim to bring health care to migrants on way to US by Julie Wilson Associated Press

• As Paris Agreement reaches five-year mark, world 'not doing well' on climate change, Vatican cardinal says by Brian Roewe National Catholic Reporter

• The Marshall Islands could be wiped out by climate change – and their colonial history limits their ability to save themselves by Autumn Bordner and Caroline E. Ferguson The Conversation

• AP ROAD TRIP: An immigrant’s struggles to survive in Vegas by Tim Sullivan Associated Press

• Inside the Lives of Immigrant Teens Working Dangerous Night Shifts in Suburban Factories by Melissa Sanchez ProPublica Illinois

• Networking and lobbying help stranded migrants by Sujata Jena Clobal Sisters Report

• Report: Central American migrant children who reach U.S. being sent to Mexico by Rhina Guidos  Catholic News Service/National Catholic Reporter

• How ICE’s Bail Bond Scheme Lets Corporations Profit Off Migrants by Marzena Zukowska The New York Review of Books

• Memo: Deportation of Black immigrants to Cameroon and DRC by ICE

• Judges again block Trump's efforts to keep unauthorized immigrants out of census by Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service/National Catholic Reporter

• Supreme Court to hear cases emerging from Trump’s immigration policies by Catholic News Service/The Catholic Spirit

• Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy has thousands of asylum seekers still stuck at the border by J.D. Long-García  America

• Administration's Rhetoric at Odds with Pope's Message by Giulia McPherson America

• Really Catholic: Speaking truth in a church that silences by Tracey Horan  Global Sisters Report

• Trump’s rhetoric is at odds with Pope Francis’ call to recognize the humanity of refugees by Giulia McPhersonAmerica

• Border Patrol agents raid faith-based immigrant aid camp for second time in two months by Jack Jenkins  Religion News Service

• Bishops and advocates denounce Trump administration’s historic low refugee cap by AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

• Georgetown Law Represents Plaintiffs in Lawsuit Challenging Public Charge... by ISN Staff  Ignation Solidarity Network

• Immigration and Citizenship, ‘Americanizing’ immigrants means first and foremost assuring them that they aren’t the first or the last new Americans by Michael Walzer  Tablet 

• The U.S. Can — And Should — Take In More Refugees by Elizabeth Mandelman  HIAS

• Jesuit Refugee Service/USA Urges US to Stop Turning Away and Expelling Asylum Seekers by Jesuit Refugee Service

• Trump’s ‘Remain iIn Mexico’ policy has thousands of asylum seekers still stuck at the border by J.D. Long-García  America

• Catholic nun known for work with immigrants makes Time 100 list by Elise Ann Allen Crux

• Activists to hold protest rally after reports of ICE officials forcing Muslim detainees to eat pork by Alejandra Molina  Religion News Service

• Muslim woman sues Los Angeles Police Department for forcibly removing her hijab by Alejandra Molina  Religion News Service

• "A Silent Pandemic":  Nurse at Ice Facility Blows the Whistle on Coronavirus Gangers. Irwin Detention Center, run by LaSalle Corrections, has refused to test detainees and underreported Covid-19 cases, the nurse says. by José Olivares, and  John Washington The Intercept

• Claim of unwanted hysterectomies at ICE detention center by Father Pahlo Migone  Patheos

• “THERE IS NO MERCY” As the Coronavirus Descended. As the Coronavirus Descended on the Border, the Trump Administration Escalated Its Crackdown on Asylum by Ryan Devereaux  The Tablet

• Deportation flights helping spread pandemic, says Witness at the Border by Madeleine Davis National Catholic Reporter

• More than 300 faith leaders call on Trump, Republican delegates to change immigration policies by Jack Jenkins Religion News Service

• Longing to be: “Hamilton” and the Legacy of an Immigrant by An Hoang Vu, SJ The Jesuit Post

• Immigrant advocates oppose Trump's new census memo by Carol Zimmermann  Catholic News Service/Angelus

• The Trump administration’s anti-immigration policies are America’s loss and the rest of the world’s gain by Britta Glennon Brookings

• Malaysia's gays try to come out of the shadows by UCA News reporter UCA News

• Latino immigrants ask family, parishes for help during crises, says panel by Norma Montenegro Flynn   Catholic News Service/America

• Asylum Seekers in Limbo Due to Trump Policies, Says New Report by Christopher White  The Tablet

• Report highlights role of immigrants as essential workers in COVID fight by Rhina GuidosCatholic News Service/National Catholic Reporter

• Catholic immigration advocates attack Trump tweet on halting immigration by Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service/ National Catholic Reporter

• Pandemic exacerbates fear, challenges for undocumented immigrants by Sophie Vodvarka National Catholic Reporter

• Pandemic, border crackdown hamper Catholics’ aid to migrants by David Crary Associated Press/Crux

• Immigrants in detention don’t deserve a death sentence Alexia Salvatierra and Carlos L. Malave Religion News Service

• The United States has criminalized asylum seeking. Covid-19 gives us a reason to reconsider. by Kathleen BonnetteAmerica

• Supreme Court says ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy can be enforced for now by Catholic News Service/Crux

• A Catholic case for open borders by Nathan Schneider America

• Our call to be a welcoming neighbor by Marjean A. Perhot Echoes’’

• Texas Refugee Ban: Jesuits Speak Out by ISN Staff Ignatian Spirituality Network

• Congress has a duty to protect immigrants by The Editors America

• Trump's 'Remain in Mexico' policy expanded to now include Brazilians by Catholic News Service/Angelus

• “Public Charge” Ruling Shows the Supreme Court Won’t Save Us From Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Agenda by Natasha Lennard  The Intercept

• One year later, how has Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy affected asylum seekers? by J.D. Long-Garcí America

• Catholic leaders condemn Supreme Court’s decision to uphold Trump’s ‘wealth test’ on immigrants by Ryan Di Corpo America

• T.P.S. was meant to protect immigrants from global danger zones. Now thousands may face deportation by Kevin Clarke America

• Trump’s new executive order is making refugee resettlement more difficult by Kevin Clarke America

• Catholic immigration activists step up in battle against Trump policies by Sarah Salvadore  National Catholic Reporter

• Catholic immigration activists step up in battle against Trump policies by Sarah Salvadore  National Catholic Reporter

• Judge Blocks Trump’s Order on State Refugee Resettlement by Carol Zimmerman The Tablet

• Texas Catholics decry Governor’s decision to spurn refugees by Christopher White Crux

• FAN Works to Celebrate Refugees by Franciscan Action Network

• Mexico and Guatemala protest US migrant agreement by James Blears Vatican News

• She Shouldn’t Have to Carry It Alone by Vanessa Camacho Taller de jose

• In Trump Country, a season of need on family farms by Annie Gowen The Washington Post

• Guatemalan cardinal in Mississippi brings hope to immigrants after massive raid by Christopher White Crux

• Injustice at the Border, .The suffering of migrants and refugees on the border cannot be forgotten. Nor can the Trump administration’s deliberate cruelty toward them. by The Editors Commonweal

• Kerry Kennedy on the chaos and cruelty at the U.S.-Mexico border by Kerry Kennedy America

• Border Response by HIAS

• A Catholic Sheriff Dimes Out His Own Parish to the White House on Immigration. by Brian Fraga Patheos

• New US asylum rule is gambling with lives of migrants, Catholic leaders warn by Catholic News Agency

• Metaxas' "Donald Builds the Wall" Recalls Nazi Children's Books by Libby Anne Patheos

• New asylum pact ignores migrants' plight, U.S. Catholic leaders say. With the asylum cooperation agreements, the U.S. plans to slam the door on refugees by La Croix International staff (with Catholic News Service) La Croix International

• Being pro-immigrant is ‘living’ Christ’s call to welcome stranger, says Miami archbishop by Priscilla Greear  Catholic News Service/America’

• What Can the Bishops Take From the Border Mass? by Jorge Roque  The Jesuit Post

• The Body of Christ at the Border by Kevin Kuehl, SJ  The Jesuit Post’

• Family demands answers after migrant in ICE custody removed from life support by Catholic News Agency/Angelus

• How to keep the faith amid Trump’s war on immigrants—and their lawyers by Kristin Zipple-Shedd America

• Latinx Catholic Leaders Organize Prophetic National Pilgrimage To Demand Justice at the Border by SNI Staff Ignatian Spirituality Network

• Religious Sisters on the border by Lynda McDonnell

• A Journey to Religious Freedom and Education by Corinne Brodeur International Migration Commission

• Should A Catholic Support the Border Wall? by Daniel Mascarenhas, SJ The Jesuit Post

• ‘Let our voices be heard’: March against immigration raids by Jeff Amy Crux

• Knights of Columbus launch new initiative: Helping refugees at border by Kathleen N. Hattrup Aleteia

• Guardian Angel sisters in Mexico risk safety to aid often-traumatized migrants by Soli Salgado  Global Sisters Report

• Keith Byrne describes shock and terror after arrest in Trump immigration raid by IrishCentral Staff IrishCentral

• Why I took my 3-year-old to the Catholic Day of Action for Immigrant Children by Kerry Weber America

• US Catholics to demonstrate against detention of migrant children by Independent  Catholic News

• Bishop sends letter to Trump, urging end to ‘stranglehold’ on immigration by Catholic News Service/America

• ISN Joins Hundreds of Catholic Leaders, Including 70 Arrested in Senate Rotunda While Demanding an End to Detention of Immigrant Children by ISN Staff Ignatian Solidarity Network

• Trump moves to end asylum protections for Central Americans by Colleen Long  Associated Press/America

• Drowned children point to larger migrant stories. Will societies assimilate the security narratives promoted globally, where the migrant is perpetually singled out as a threat to be eliminated? by Ramona Wadi La Croix International

• The U.S. Migrant Crisis is a Test for Christians by Jim Meisner Jr.  Patheos

• Here's What You Can Do To Help Imprisoned Migrants by Mary Pezzulo Patheos

• ‘A drink of water could save a life.’ What Catholic social teaching says about the No More Deaths trial by Kevin Christopher Robles  America

• US Bishops reject President Trump's mass deportation order by Independent Catholic News

• What if They're Not Concentration Camps? by Mary Pezzulo Patheos

• ‘There Is a Stench’: No Soap and Overcrowding in Detention Centers for Migrant Children by Caitlin Dickerson  The New York Times

• To defend immigrants, it's time for US bishops to break the law by Michael Sean Winters National Catholic Reporter

• What You Need to Know About Trump's Mass Deportation Threat by Maryam Saleh The Intercept

• Reflections on Refugees in America by Catherine Juliano  Franciscan Action Network 

• Collaboration and Immersion: Jesuit Migration Network Convenes at U.S.-Mexico Border by INS Staff Ignatian News Service

• Almost 5,000 immigrants to the US every year are clergy or religious by Mark Pattison Catholic News Service/Global Sisters Reports

• Pope Francis calls Trump’s border policy ‘cruel,’ compares southern barriers to Berlin Wall by Brandon Sanchez America

• Pope Francis Says He Is Willing To Condemn Border Wall Directly To Trump by Sanjana Karanth , Huffington Post

• Trump’s ICE Targets Lutheran Minister, Betty Rendón by Leah D. Schade  Patheos

• Catholics join faith leaders gathered to remember child deaths at border by Rhina Guidos Crux

• New Trump administration policy is eugenics for immigrants by Michael Sean Winters National Catholic Reporter

• Thanks to immigrants, California is changing for the better before our eyes by George Skelton Los Angeles Times

• Catholic leaders: Trump’s merit-based immigration plan is ‘anti-family’ and ‘disturbing’ by J.D. Long-García America

• Two-week pilgrimage underscores justice, compassion for immigrants, refugees by Dan Morris-Young  National Catholic Reporter

• Vigilantes Not Welcome: A Border Town Pushes Back on Anti-Immigrant Extremists by Eric  Reidy Mother Jones

• Volunteer activities with the elderly promoted by the Alumni Association  by Alumni Association The Pontifical University of the Holy Cross

• A bishop testifies on immigration as president seeks to change asylum by Rhina Guidos, Catholic News Service/National Catholic Reporter

• US bishop to testify on impact of Trump border policies by Independent Catholic News

• The U.S. helped cause the refugee crisis. Now we must respond. by Kevin Clarke US Catholic

• Why so many risk it all to cross the border by Kevin Clarke US Catholic

• After order to vacate residential area, McAllen Catholic immigration center to move downtown by CNA Daily News .The Catholic World Report

• No stranger to the Vatican, Biden has a rocky past with US church by Elise Harris Crux

• Pope’s greeting of young climate change activist checks all his boxes by Elise Harris  Crux

• 1.6 Million Children in Need after Cyclone Idai hits South-East Africa by Jesus Caritas Est Cathoilic News world

• Church’s Teachings Challenge Troubling Migration Policies and Practices by  Dr. Anne T. Gallagher  International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC)

• Procession shows support for Texas chapel at center of border wall plan by Catholic News Service/Angelus

• Caravan of Care Delegation undertakes mission to Northern Triangle by Gregg McQueen Manhattan Times

• Build the Wall!” A Flight from Understanding by Robert Dueweke, OSA Lonergan Institute

• Trump attorney general's ruling expands indefinite detention for asylum seekers by Mica Rosenberg, Kristina Cooke Reuters

• Nielsen's policies were both inhumane and ineffective, advocates say by Maria Benevento National Catholic Reporter

• USCCB migration committee chair backs bills for 'Dreamers,' TPS holders by Catholic News Service/Angelus

• Catholic leaders urge U.S. government to declare temporary protected status for Venezuelans by Catholic News Service/National Catholic Reporter

• The Solution To The Migration Crisis Is Stronger Communities, Not Higher Walls by  Erin Wathen Patheos

• Trump’s border wall will make US a “prisoner” of isolation, pope says by Inés San Martín Crux

• Fewer undocumented immigrants who are victims of crime are stepping forward. by WNYC

• Welcoming and Integrating Immigrants and Refugees by  Catholic Charities of New York

• Bishops decry border 'emergency' as locals step up for migrants by Pauline Hovey National Catholic Reporter

• U.S. bishops back Dream and Promise Act to legalize Dreamers and T.P.S. recipients by J.D. Long-García  America

• Report says thousands of immigrant children in federal custody faced abuse by Catholic News Service/Crux

• Bishops on US-Mexico border say real emergency is how to care for migrants Catholic dioceses along the border are increasingly attending to migrants by La Croix International staff (with Catholic News Service)

• Vatican official to meet in Texas with border bishops from U.S. and Mexico by Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service/Crux

• We met no one to fear at the border by Barbara Kane Global Sisters Report

• Immigrants seen as making their mark in their new homes by Mark Pattison Catholic News Service/National Catholic Reporter

• Not Just a Piece of Paper – Why Documents Matter to Refugees by International Catholic Migration Committee

• Addressing Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Refugee Communities by International Catholic Migration Committee

• CLINIC, other groups join in lawsuit over detention of immigrant youth by Catholic News Service//Crux

• Border bishop says World Youth Day is antidote to rising nationalism by Christopher White  Crux

• Donald Trump and the complicated diplomacy of deportation by Ellen K. Boegel America

• Freedom of Religion Act Seeks to Ban Immigration Discrimination by Crux/The Tablet

• CLINIC, other groups join in lawsuit over detention of immigrant youth by Catholic News Service/Angelus

• Amid wall debate, pope says fear of migration makes us crazy by Nicole Winfield  Associated Press/America

• Pope calls US border wall a sign of ‘fear,’ says he wants to visit Iraq by Inés San Martín Crux/ Angelus

• Study finds immigration crackdowns harm unborn children by J.D. Long-García America

• Building bridges at the border A conversation with Sister Norma Pimentel by John Gehring La Croix International

• Democrats press Trump on plans to seize border wall land from unwilling churches by Andrea Drusch Fort Worth Star Telegram

• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is the Darling of the Left, Nightmare of the Right by Peter Coy and Katia Dmitrieva Bloomberg Buisnessweek

• Good Friendships Make Good Neighbors: Immigration, Shutdown, and Robert Frost by Limdsey Paris--Lopez Patheos

• Catholic Relief Services: Immigration action must consider root causes by Michelle La Rosa Catholic News Agency

• While U.S. fixates on the border wall, populist world leaders still turn migrants away by Kevin Clarke America

• What’s happening at the border is a crime against our collective humanity by Father Bryan Massingale US Catholic

• Catholic groups, others criticize Trump for speech about border by Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service

• Amid poverty and uncertainty, migrant couples are tying the knot by Claire Schaeffer-Duffy National Catholic Reporter

• Catholic Relief Services: Immigration action must consider root causes by Michelle La Rosa Catholic News Agency

• Honduran Migrant Caravans: Interview with Iolany Pérez of Radio Progreso by David Inczauskis, SJ The Jesuit Post

• Ecological conversion: Greening the Christian heart by Brother William Ng OFM UCANews.com

• Yes, Immigration Is “A crisis of the heart and a crisis of the soul,” But Not in the Way Trump Thinks by Tony Magliano Pax Christi USA

• What’s happening at the border is a crime against our collective humanity, when you bury a child, you bury the future. by Father Bryan Massingale US Catholic

• President Trump makes his case for the border wall, citing ‘a crisis of the soul’ by J.D. Long-García America

• This Is An Immigrant Baby by Guest Contributor Patheos

• At the border, communities vent anger toward Washington by Rhina Catholic News Service/National Catholic Reporter

• Do we need a wall? Here’s what people on the border think. by J.D. Long-García America

• Catholic groups denounce death of child detained at U.S. border by Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service/America

• Legal representation for detained migrants hindered by access issues by Maria Benevento National Catholic Reporter

• A New Moral Imagination on Immigration by Pramila Jayapal NYR Daily

• The Battle to Stop Family Separation by Lee Gelernt NYR Daily

• At least 30 faith leaders arrested in border protest by Jack Jenkins Religion News Service/National Catholic Reporter

• As immigration denial rates increase, asylum seekers face setback at U.S. border by J.D. Long-García America

• Baby Jesus In a Cage? Yes, It’s Political by Rebecca Bratten Weiss Patheos

• Rabbi arrested at interfaith border protest for migrants by Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• A Compassionate Conservative by Pierce Gibson, SJ The Jesuit Post

• Despite migrants' plight, outreach to them gives nun 'hope by Mark Zimmermann Catholic News Service/Angelus

• The Very Busy Life of an Immigrants’ Rights Priest in 2018 by Fabrice Robinet The New York Times

• How churches can protect undocumented immigrants by Melissa Walker US Catholic

• The faithful deported: Study details impact of Trump’s immigration policies by J .D. Long-García America

• 4 steps to becoming a Catholic sanctuary church by Melissa Walker U.S. Catholic

• Liberal Jewish groups push for ballot measures on immigration and transgender rights by Ron Kampeas Jewish Telegraph Agency

• Faith leaders call on US to address complicity in causing migrant caravan by Maria Benevento National Catholic Reporter

• U.S. Catholic leaders call for compassion and dignity for migrant ‘caravan’ by Kevin Clarke America

• Are the People in the Caravan My Neighbors? by Vance Morgan Patheos

• Mexican parishes pitch in to help Central American caravan heading north by David Agren, Catholic News Service/National Catholic Reporter

• As things change in Vatican communications office, will they stay the same?by Andrea Gagliarducci Catholic News Agency

• The limits of a criminological approach to the Church’s abuse crisis by Massimo Faggioli La Croix International

• Research Shows Immigrants Help Businesses Grow. Here’s Why. by Nataly Kelly Harvard Business Review

• A sculpture of the Virgin Mary is a sign of welcome on the U.S.-Mexico border by J.D. Long-García America

• As caravan moves north, Catholics insist seeking asylum not a crime by Christopher White Crux

• Central American bishops appeal for Anglican Communion solidarity over migrant caravan by Anglican Communion News Service

• The immigrant caravan is a wave of hope for America by Arturo J. Bañuelas National Catholic Reporter

• Trump administration’s record-low refugee resettlement “contradicts who we are as a nation” by Brandon Sanchez America

• US Bishops: ‘Refugees are in danger’ by Sr Bernadette Mary Reis, fsp Vatican News

• Why we should welcome people from countries Trump just insulted by James Martin, S.J. America

• Black Catholic Congress condemns president's remark about migrants by NCR Staff National Catholic Reporter

• Reject Trump’s racist language and get back to policy-making on immigration by The Editors America

• Growing Up Undocumented by Uli Covarrubias, SJ America

• Refugee cap unreasonable and unacceptable by Matt Ryan, Holy Name Province Postulant and FAN Intern Acting Franciscan

• Life on the Boarder by Fr. Joseph Chamblain, O.S.M.

• Students Connect Immigration Justice to Jesuit Values at Ignatian Justice Summit by Keltl Swan Ignatian Spirituality Network

• U.S. bishops to Congress: Reject 'discriminatory' immigration bill by Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service

• Pastoral Letter on Immigration by Rafael Garcia, SJ.

• Will there be due process for immigrants? by Paul Moses Chicago Catholic

• U.S. Should Welcome Refugees says JRS/USA in Response to SCOTUS Decision by Ignatian Solidarity Network

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