Vatican backs debt relief for poor countries as part of COVID recovery
- Jul 4, 2020
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Judge strikes down Trump administration’s ‘third-country asylum rule’
- Jul 2, 2020
A federal judge ruled late June 30 the Trump administration unlawfully implemented its 2019 policy to turn away asylum-seekers if they don’t first seek protection in countries along their way to the United States.
Catholic refugee agency: Immigrant detention in UK promotes ‘culture of death’
- Jun 28, 2020
Britain’s immigration detention system fosters a “culture of death” and the practice should be ended, according the country’s leading Catholic refugee agency.
Court’s DACA ruling takes recipients out of limbo, into a holding pattern
- Jun 25, 2020
DACA recipients and advocates breathed a collective sigh of surprised relief June 18 when the Supreme Court ruled against efforts by the Trump administration to end the immigration program that has hung in the balance for the past three years.
Young people call DACA ruling good news, but know battle for them not over
- Jun 21, 2020
On June 18, the U.S. Supreme Court in a 5-4 ruling said President Donald Trump could not stop the program with his 2017 executive order. DACA protects about 700,000 young people who qualify for the program from deportation and allows them to work, go to college, get health insurance and obtain a driver’s license.
N.Y. Archdiocese, partner offer COVID-19 tests in underserved communities
- Jun 17, 2020
An organization whose work was praised by Pope Francis late last year has partnered with the Archdiocese of New York to offer free COVID-19 testing in predominantly Latino communities in and around New York City.
White House to issue more stringent asylum rules
- Jun 13, 2020
Faith groups and other immigrant supporters are bracing for an announcement from the White House that may further limit those seeking asylum in the United States.
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