Vatican, other faith leaders join in push for end of death penalty in US state of Louisiana
United StatesRNS The Vatican has joined US faith leaders and anti-death penalty activists in supporting the Louisiana Governor’s desire to clear the death row cells in his state. Governor John Bel Edwards, a Catholic Democrat, called in August for the Louisiana Board of Pardons to reconsider applications for clemency of 56 prisoners on the state’s […]
The Long Read: Biden vowed to reform immigration detention. Instead, private prisons benefitted
TED HESSON, MICA ROSENBERG AND KRISTINA COOKE, of Reuters, report…
Close to 1,000 migrant children separated by Trump yet to be reunited with parents
Washington DC, US Reuters Nearly 1,000 migrant children separated at the US-Mexico border by the administration of former President Donald Trump have yet to be reunited with their parents despite a two-year effort by President Joe Biden. The US Department of Homeland Security said on Thursday of the 998 children still separated, 148 were in […]
Migrant stories: Split up at the US-Mexico border, family finally reunites
MICA ROSENBERG and CARLOS BARRIA, of Reuters, report from Los Angeles on one migrant family’s struggle to be together…
Religious liberty: Foes of death penalty offer spiritual support at executions
DAVID CRARY, of Associated Press, looks at how people of faith are involved in a bid to overturn a Texas policing banning pastors from praying audibly or laying their hands on the condemned…
US to expand rapid deportation nationwide with sweeping new rule
Reuters The Trump administration said on Monday it will expand and speed up deportations of migrants who enter the United States illegally by stripping away court oversight, enabling officials to remove people in days rather than months or years. Set to be published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, the rule will apply “expedited removal” […]