Cardinal Cupich warns against the Church entering partisan politics
- Jan 27, 2020
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House bill improves existing system for farmworkers, farmers, say bishops
- Dec 17, 2019
The Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019, passed by the House Dec. 11 with a 260-165 bipartisan vote, aims “to make a better system for both the farmer and the farmworkers and to create a more effective and humane agriculture industry,” said the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development.
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.
Immigration policy ‘will have terrible human consequences,’ bishop says
- Jul 26, 2019
An immigration policy that seeks to speed up the deportation process has the potential to trample on a person’s legal rights, stoke fears among immigrant communities and lead to more widespread family separation, said a U.S. Catholic bishop who deals with national immigration issues.
Trump administration continues push for citizenship question
- Jul 5, 2019
Although the Justice Department announced July 2 it would no longer argue to have the citizenship question added to the 2020 census, the Trump administration continues to look at all possible options to get the question included.
USCCB leaders decry policies they say led to child deaths at border
- Jul 2, 2019
Leadership of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in an op-ed cast blame on government policies for recent child deaths near the U.S.-Mexico border.
Supreme Court stops citizenship question in census, for now
- Jun 28, 2019
The Supreme Court, for now, blocked the Trump administration’s added citizenship question to the 2020 census, sending the case back to a lower court.
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