immigration reform
We can have secure borders without denying those fleeing persecution
By Jamie Ivey and Briana Stensrud — January 29, 2024
(RNS) — Restricting access to asylum shouldn't be part of serious immigration reform.
Candidates to lead the Catholic bishops — and what their election would mean
By Jack Jenkins — November 14, 2022
(RNS) — At the US Conference of Catholic Bishops' fall meeting, the prelates will elect a new president to replace Los Angeles Archbishop José Gómez, who has served since 2019.
Immigration reform used to unite faith groups—not anymore
By Jack Jenkins — February 4, 2022
(RNS) — In a new survey, white evangelicals no longer report majority support for creating a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.
Emboldened religious left leaders vow to keep up pressure under Biden
By Jack Jenkins — November 17, 2020
(RNS) — While religious activists welcome the Biden-Harris administration and laud their plans to roll back many of Trump’s policies, liberal leadership doesn’t dilute the potential for further advocacy.
Evangelical asylum-seekers stuck in Mexico hold prayer vigil for the US election
By Bob Smietana — November 6, 2020
(RNS) — 'Their lives and the lives of the children depend on the outcome of the election,' said Alma Ruth, founder of the Texas-based Practice Mercy Foundation.
New book links the decline of religious authority to the end of empathy
By Yonat Shimron — October 6, 2020
(RNS) — John Compton’s ‘The End of Empathy’ shows how the collapse of religious authority in the 1960s led Christians to evangelical megachurches that resist any efforts at social reform.
President Trump kept his promises. That’s why, as a Catholic, I want four more years
By Teresa S. Collett — August 24, 2020
(RNS) — As a Catholic who embraces the Church’s teaching on the innate value of every human life, the primacy of faith, the dignity of work, the importance of public order and the need for mercy to temper justice, I am very comfortable supporting the reelection of our president.
Seeing Jesus in the migrants at the border
By Alan Cross — June 27, 2019
(RNS) — Jesus saw Óscar and Valeria. Jesus saw the woman and the three little children who died in the desert. He sees all of the crowds of migrants, harassed and helpless and fleeing from a home they can no longer stay in to journey to a place they have never been. He wants us to see them too.
Catholic bishops end border trip by suggesting alternative to family detention
By Jack Jenkins — July 3, 2018
(RNS) — A group of prominent Catholic bishops concluded a two-day fact-finding visit to the U.S.-Mexico border on Monday, capping an emotional trip that included ministering to children who are separated from their parents.
Religious leaders hail, hammer President Trump’s first State of the Union speech
By Adelle M. Banks — January 31, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — In his almost 80-minute speech, the president declared that 'Americans are dreamers too' and reminded, 'The motto is, "In God we trust.'''
Baby Jesus was a Dreamer in Egypt
By Thomas Reese — January 9, 2018
(RNS) — Christians, especially those who believe that Scripture should be the foundation of American law, should be leading the charge in support of Dreamers, refugees and other immigrants.
Thank you, Steve Bannon
By Thomas Reese — September 13, 2017
(RNS) — In attacking the U.S. Catholic bishops, Steve Bannon is giving their call for immigration reform the kind of publicity they seem incapable of getting themselves.
New Jersey cardinal blasts GOP for ignoring immigration reform
By David Gibson — May 17, 2017
NEW YORK (RNS) Cardinal Joseph Tobin, one of the U.S. hierarchy’s most visible champions for the marginalized, blasted Republicans for 'inflicting cruelty on innocent people.'
The Bible tells us so: Concern for immigrants is at the heart of faith
By Roger Vermalen Karban — March 23, 2017
(RNS) Both the Jewish and Christian Scriptures are clear about the obligation to care for 'resident aliens.' The same duty holds for believers today.
Pope administers ‘kindness therapy’ at Mexican children’s hospital
By Tim MacGabhann — February 15, 2016
MEXICO CITY (RNS) He gave a polio vaccine to a small boy and was serenaded with a version of “Ave Maria” sung by a 15-year-old cancer patient.
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