unaccompanied minors
Faith-based agencies invite volunteers, donations as they care for children at border
By Emily McFarlan Miller and Jack Jenkins — April 2, 2021
(RNS) — Some struggle to cobble together resources decimated under the policies of former President Donald Trump’s administration.
In McAllen, Texas, faith groups responded, while Washington dithered (COMMENTARY)
By Linda Garrett — September 17, 2014
(RNS) Nowhere was religious leadership more apparent than in McAllen, Texas, where churches and local government forged an effective and compassionate response to the crisis of unaccompanied minors crossing the border.
Jesuits tell their alumni in Congress: Protect border children
By David Gibson — July 31, 2014
(RNS) "Let us follow in the footsteps of Jesus when he said, ‘Let the children come to me, and do not prevent them; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these,'" Jesuit leader Thomas H. Smolich admonished House members who graduated from Jesuit schools and colleges.
Pope Francis: End the ‘racist and xenophobic’ approach to migrants along U.S.-Mexico border
By Josephine McKenna — July 15, 2014
VATICAN CITY (RNS) “Many of their rights are violated, they are obliged to separate from their families and, unfortunately, continue to be the subject of racist and xenophobic attitudes," Pope Francis said of migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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