First American to head Rome's Angelicum University says task is 'daunting'
- Jun 17, 2021
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UK’s asylum system ‘unjust and dehumanizing,’ according to new JRS report
- Apr 20, 2021
Refugees and asylum seekers in the United Kingdom say they are “not seen, heard, or recognized,” according to a new report published by the Jesuit Refugee Service.
Group asks Biden administration to step up reunification of border families
- Apr 9, 2021
An interfaith collection of religious activists is asking the Biden administration to step up the pace of family reunification to remedy the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy that separated an estimated 5,500 immigrant children from their families by invoking criminal proceedings against their parents.
Catholic refugee agency: New UK asylum rules ‘cruel and dishonest’
- Mar 25, 2021
New changes to the United Kingdom’s asylum system announced on Wednesday are “cruel and dishonest,” according to the country’s Catholic refugee agency.
Catholic Relief Services praise end of Trump’s ‘Muslim ban’
- Feb 20, 2021
Catholic Relief Services has praised President Joe Biden’s decision to rescind Donald Trump’s so-called “Muslim ban,” which forbid the immigration of people from 13 Muslim-majority countries.
Federal appeals court blocks Trump order on refugee resettlement
- Jan 9, 2021
A federal circuit court of appeals said a Trump administration executive order that would allow state and local government officials to reject refugees in their jurisdiction violated long-standing resettlement practices.
In final push to limit asylum, administration cites public health concerns
- Dec 29, 2020
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Executive Office for Immigration Review have issued a final rule affecting would-be asylum seekers and others seeking refuge in the U.S. who may have come into contact with the coronavirus.
Detroit immigrant family about to be deported can stay
- Dec 12, 2020
A Detroit immigrant family with a disabled girl that was days away from being deported will be allowed to remain in the United States for one more year, federal officials said.
At Jesuit agency event, Biden announces he will dramatically raise refugee cap
- Nov 14, 2020
Weeks after the administration of President Donald Trump announced it was dropping to a historic low the cap on the maximum number of displaced people the U.S. decides to resettle in a federal fiscal year, President-elect Joe Biden said Nov. 12 he would be heading in a dramatically different direction.
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