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- Nov 13, 2019
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A papal document comes alive in young migrants’ reality at the border
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- Sep 29, 2019
In an April document on youth and young adults, Pope Francis called for ministry to serve certain populations, including migrant youth. After all, in the United States alone, the population ages 15-39 is set at 104.9 million and, of those, 19.1 million, or 18 percent, are migrant youth.
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Mercy sisters decry report of immigrant children moved to tent city
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- Oct 5, 2018
The Sisters of Mercy of the Americas said they are “outraged and appalled” by a recent report of migrant children being moved to a tent city in Texas.
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Catholics mobilize at border and around U.S. to help separated families
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- Jun 30, 2018
Many Catholics are protesting the Trump administration’s zero tolerance towards immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Trump signs executive order stopping family separation policy
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- Jun 20, 2018
President Donald Trump signed an executive order June 20 that halts his administration’s family separation policy for families who have crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally.
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Vatican: Failure to protect child migrants an insult to human dignity
- Catholic News Service, Vatican
- Jun 12, 2017
The Vatican observer to U.N. agencies in Geneva spoke at a panel discussion on unaccompanied migrant children saying that national and international policies often fail to protect young people from traffickers and sexual predators.
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