Catholic Legal Immigration Network

Wenski: Being pro-immigrant is ‘living’ Christ’s call to welcome stranger
- Nov 18, 2019
At a University of Miami Forum on Religion and Public Life, Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski of Miami affirmed the rights and dignity of migrants — from Syrian refugees to Mexican asylees — drawing upon his 18 years of advocacy for Miami’s Haitian community.

By Priscilla Greear
CLINIC director: Government violates law by not letting in asylum seekers
- Nov 17, 2019
The executive director of the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, known as CLINIC, told U.S. Catholic bishops Nov. 13 that the government is violating international and U.S. law when it denies asylum-seekers at the border entry into the U.S.

By Rhina Guidos
In court briefs, Catholic leaders urge Supreme Court to keep DACA in place
- Nov 2, 2019
Catholic leaders joined more than 35 other groups that have filed friend-of-the-court briefs urging the Supreme Court to support the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy, known as DACA.

By Carol Zimmermann

Acting DHS head shouted down by protesters at immigration conference
- Oct 8, 2019
Kevin McAleenan, the acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, could not get a word out.

By Kurt Jensen
Catholic group sues Trump administration over directives for asylum-seekers
- Sep 9, 2019
President Donald Trump’s appointment of Ken Cuccinelli to a top immigration position violated federal law and therefore certain actions undertaken by his office are not legally valid, a federal lawsuit argues.

By Dennis Sadowski
Migrant children will suffer most under new detention rule, says bishop
- Aug 27, 2019
The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ migration committee said Aug. 23 he sees “heartbreaking consequences for immigrant children” in a final rule issued by the Trump administration that allows the federal government to hold immigrant children in family detention indefinitely.

By Catholic News Service