Immigrants

Undocumented workers have fears about COVID vaccine
- Jan 6, 2021
Experts make it clear: everyone in the United States that can needs to get vaccinated for the nation to have chance at herd immunity from the coronavirus, and that includes the millions of undocumented immigrants countrywide.

By John Lavenburg
USCCB’s Justice for Immigrants campaign marks 15 years of advocacy
- Oct 1, 2020
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is marking the 15th anniversary of the Justice for Immigrants campaign “to unite and mobilize” Catholic organizations and individuals “to welcome, protect, promote and integrate immigrants and refugees coming to and living in the United States.”

By Catholic News Service
Catholic universities oppose ICE guidance for international students
- Jul 10, 2020
U.S. Catholic college and university leaders have joined the nation’s higher education community in condemning a new policy announced by the Trump administration that would prevent international students from remaining in or coming to the United States if their colleges use a completely online format in the fall semester due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Carol Zimmermann

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.

By Charles Collins
DACA beneficiaries say court’s ruling keeps dreams alive for their future
- Jun 20, 2020
DACA’s continuance had been in question as the U.S. Supreme Court considered whether President Donald Trump’s 2017 executive order ending the program was constitutional. President Barack Obama established DACA by executive order in 2012 to allowed young people brought into the country illegally as minors by their parents to stay in the United States.

By Kurt Jensen
Armed with prayers and signs, young immigrants hail high court’s decision
- Jun 19, 2020
Before college student Luz Chavez left her Gaithersburg, Maryland, home June 18 to hear a decision on the steps of the Supreme Court of the United States, her mother prayed for an outcome favorable to her daughter, whose ability to study, work and not be deported at some point soon hinged on what the justices had to say.

By Rhina Guidos