immigrants and refugees Archives

Biden begins talks with Mexico touching on immigration, Virgin of Guadalupe

Mar 3, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador began bilateral cooperation talks March 1 with humor, a focus on limiting immigration to the U.S. and talk about Our Lady of Guadalupe.

By Rhina Guidos

Brazil bridge standoff strands migrants heading to the U.S.

Feb 28, 2021

A group of at least 60 immigrants, most of them from Haiti, have been camped on a bridge that connects Brazil and Peru since Feb. 14, waiting to cross the border.

By Eduardo Campos Lima

Brownsville diocesan agency ready to help asylum-seekers entering U.S.

Feb 24, 2021

Just as the coldest weather in more than 30 years brought new misery to asylum-seekers stranded in a refugee camp in Mexico, an end to their plight may be in sight.

By Paul Binz, CNS

Malaysian bishops urge government not to deport Myanmar nationals

Feb 23, 2021

Catholic bishops in Malaysia urged the government to refrain from deporting hundreds of Myanmar nationals, including refugees and asylum-seekers.

By Catholic News Service

Indianapolis prayer service is sign of solidarity for Burmese community

Feb 22, 2021

On Feb. 1, Myanmar refugee and Indianapolis resident Paul Hnin scrolled through news articles online when a headline seized him with shock and fear: The Myanmar military had overthrown the country’s democratic government.

By Natalie Hoefer

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.

By Crux Staff

Catholic leaders urge TPS for Central Americans, aid for storm-ravaged nations

Feb 11, 2021

Two U.S. bishops’ committee chairmen and the head of Catholics Relief Services asked the Biden administration Feb. 10 to grant Temporary Protected Status for 18 months to foreign nationals from Central America in the United States and to provide aid to their hurricane-ravaged countries.

By Catholic News Service