Illegal immigration Archives

Hurricane Harvey complicates Washington battle over a border wall

President Donald Trump’s push for a wall to be built along the U.S. border with Mexico may have hit a new obstacle. Trump says now that U.S. taxpayers will pay for the wall and eventually Mexico will pay them back, but with the enormous expense associated with Hurricane Harvey, even that plan may not succeed in the budget process this year.

Bishop warns of ‘dumbed-down Gospel’ behind anti-immigrant stance

In an effort to deport more people than President Obama did, the Trump administration is focusing on immigrants who follow the rules and show up to their meeting with ICE to tell them their whereabouts. Criminals and people who pose a danger to society are too difficult to find so they are a lower priority.

Supporters of young migrants ask for DACA protection at Washington rally

DACA, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, is under attack this summer as people enrolled in it wait with anticipation and fear to see what President Trump will decide to do with it. He campaigned on ending it, but has wavered somewhat on that stance.

Judge blocks deportation of Chaldeans and other Iraqis
- Church in the US, Religion News Service
- June 25, 2017
Clarence Dass, an attorney representing many Iraqi Christians the U.S. government wants deported deported, said he was “ecstatic” over a court decision delaying the order. “When your life is on the line, each day is a victory. And in this case, 14 days,” Dass said. “We now have the breathing room to ensure that every individual detained has the proper motions filed and, ultimately, a chance to be heard. The work continues.”
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Archdiocese tells workers to ask ICE agents for warrants
- Associated Press, Church in the US
- May 28, 2017
Catholic churches across the United States have bee trying to decide upon the best course of action in protecting their parishioners who may fall into the hands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE. In Albuquerque, for example, employees of the diocese have been given specific instructions on what to do in a raid.
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Don’t send a mother who fled drug cartels back to Mexico, archdiocese pleads
- Catholic News Agency, Church in the US
- April 10, 2017
The Cincinnati archdiocese called Maribel Trujillo-Diaz’s detention “cruel and unacceptable,” praising her as “a devoted wife and mother and outstanding member of her church and community. Her lawyer says she is the only person who can care for her 3-year-old disabled child, having received medical training to detect and treat seizures. Another of her children suffers from early-onset diabetes.
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