Texas-Mexican border

Churches work to alleviate suffering of people who ‘Remain in Mexico’
- Mar 4, 2020
The “Remain in Mexico” program has forced more than 60,000 asylum-seekers to wait on the Mexican side of the border as their claims are heard in U.S. courts. It has proved controversial as critics contend it destroyed the traditional asylum system.

By David Agren
Supreme Court rules Border Patrol agent can’t be sued for shooting teen
- Feb 27, 2020
In a 5-4 vote Feb. 25, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a U.S. Border Patrol agent could not be sued for the 2010 shooting death of a Mexican teenager on the Mexican side of the border.

By Carol Zimmermann
Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy expanded now to include Brazilians
- Feb 4, 2020
By requiring Brazilians seeking asylum in the United States to stay in Mexico while their immigration cases are reviewed is an unacceptable expansion of the Trump administration’s already “indefensible program,” said a Catholic bishop who heads a Texas border diocese.

By Catholic News Service

Bishops visit parish programs in Texas helped by Catholic Home Missions
- Oct 27, 2019
With much national attention focused along the U.S.-Mexico border, members of the U.S. bishops’ Subcommittee on Catholic Home Missions visited three programs in the Diocese of El Paso that have been funded by the Catholic Home Mission Appeal.

By Tyler Orsburn
Immigration advocates take part in teach-in event at U.S.-Mexico border
- Oct 17, 2019
Catholic Latino organizers, labor leaders, scholars and activists took part in a social justice event that was a combination teach-in and demand for action Oct. 11-13 in El Paso.

By Catholic News Service
As migrants face a closing door to the U.S., bishops accompany them
- Sep 26, 2019
In anticipation of the 2019 World Day for Migrants and Refugees, a group of bishops, women religious, lay ministers and others interested in the plight of migrants spent the days prior to the Sept. 29 observance listening to tales of hope, dashed dreams, resilience and uncertainty that are in abundance among migrants in this border region.

By Rhina Guidos