asylum-seekers
Beijing hounds Chinese church seeking safety overseas
By Tassanee Vejpongsa and Dake Kang — September 7, 2022
BANGKOK (AP) — The story of the exile of the Shenzhen Holy Reformed Church illustrates how the Chinese government is going to increasing lengths to control religious faith and its citizens, even far outside its borders.
It’s time to end Title 42, the immoral — and illegal — Trump-era asylum policy
By Barbara Weinstein and Mary J. Novak — May 11, 2022
(RNS) — Not only is it our duty as people of faith to support those seeking refuge, but it is our duty as Americans to fight for policies that welcome asylum-seekers.
How the church can be a better evangelical witness to displaced people
By Eugene Cho — April 8, 2021
(RNS) — We have a duty not to let our politics blind us to the image of God in our neighbors.
Praying with Mennonites
By Patton Dodd — March 22, 2021
(RNS) — A dozen or so Mennonites in San Antonio, meeting for prayer at 6:30 a.m. on Zoom, have seen their prayers answered again and again.
Catholic bishops reprimand Trump as often as they praise him
By Thomas Reese — August 4, 2020
(RNS) — The country's bishops take social justice issues more seriously than the president does, a fact that's often overshadowed in the media by attacks on Biden for his positions on abortion.
We reversed Trump’s immigration policy once. We’re back to fight ‘Remain in Mexico.’
By Marlena Graves — June 23, 2020
(RNS) — We are relaunching our campaign for those suffering from the United States’ ‘remain in Mexico’ policy, which effectively allows the Trump administration to wash its hands of asylum-seekers while claiming to be pro-life.
Candidates should know that evangelicals are looking for nuanced debate on immigration
By Briana Stensrud — March 19, 2020
(RNS) — A rich dialogue is developing among conservative evangelical women about how to best help families seeking refuge in America.
To help migrants and deported people, Latina Muslims seek to open Tijuana shelter
By Alejandra Molina — October 31, 2019
(RNS) — A group of Latina Muslims in San Diego is raising money to build a shelter across the border in Tijuana, Mexico, to not only assist the surge of migrants there, but also to help those who are deported from the United States.
Latino Catholic leaders head to border for teach-in and public action
By Alejandra Molina — October 10, 2019
(RNS) — Theologians, educators and activists from across the country are responding to changes in the border crisis brought on by a new policy for asylum-seekers.
It took 12 years, but this Coachella community is getting a new church
By Alejandra Molina — October 2, 2019
COACHELLA, Calif. (RNS) — Parishioners of Our Lady of Soledad Catholic Church in the city of Coachella will soon see their offerings materialize into a new church that will accommodate 1,200 people.
Science, facts and truth matter most when human lives are at stake
By Thomas Reese — August 21, 2019
(RNS) — When the facts are uncertain, when the research is incomplete, we must lean toward the solution that is safest for the people affected. Gambling with people's lives is not acceptable.
Faith groups in Tijuana rise to meet needs of migrant caravan waiting at the border
By Jair Cabrera Torres — December 4, 2018
TIJUANA, Mexico (RNS) — In a border city overwhelmed with more than 6,000 asylum-seekers, one group had bulked up its meal program to serve more than 1,200 breakfasts a day.
China’s repression of Uighurs won’t stop until the international community intervenes
By Jacob Lupfer — December 4, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The world at large needs to organize itself to address a crackdown on Muslim minorities whose heroic fight against repression we have so far comfortably ignored.
For ICE detainees, access to clergy is infrequent or absent altogether, rights groups say
By Tom Verde — October 25, 2018
(RNS) — For detainees, comfort from clergy and faith in God are often the only glimmers of hope in a climate of deep despair.
Turning her Baha’i faith into precedent, lawyer helps women gain asylum
By Cathleen Falsani — October 2, 2018
(RNS) — Layli Miller-Muro was spurred by her third-generation Baha'i faith to become an advocate for immigrant women fleeing gender-based violence.
