In the US, Catholics rally around Annunciation House after lawsuit
United States RNS Catholics are rallying around Annunciation House, a network of Catholic migrant shelters based in El Paso, Texas, after the state’s Attorney General, Ken Paxton, has attempted to shut down the non-profit. “Our church, our city and our country owe Annunciation House a deep debt of gratitude,” El Paso’s Catholic Bishop, Mark Seitz, […]
In the US, faith-based organisations are concerned about the immigration policy landscape
United States RNS While congressional Democrats are chiding Republican senators for walking away from a compromise immigration bill that restricts asylum, faith-based agencies that work with refugees and asylum-seekers expressed alarm in recent days about provisions of the bill and the turn that the conversation about immigration has taken. “You’re not going to solve anything […]
US faith-based refugee resettlement agencies denounce new asylum rule
United StatesRNS Many US faith-based refugee agencies have long called for the end of the emergency health rule that allowed the government to quickly expel undocumented immigrants crossing the US-Mexico border. But now that the rule is expiring at 11:59pm on Thursday, 11th May, those same faith-based refugee agencies are denouncing the replacement rules announced […]
Migrant aid: Faith-based groups on border unswayed after US lawmakers’ call to investigate them
ALEJANDRA MOLINA, of Religion News Service, reports on the response of Catholic Charities USA to accusations they were violating federal law by aiding migrants on the US-Mexico border…
Central American caravan is “first moral test for Biden”, say activists
RNS Honduran migrants encountered tear gas and were struck with sticks as they pushed through lines of Guatemalan soldiers in their trek to reach Mexico and seek asylum in the United States. They departed from San Pedro Sula, Honduras, early on Friday, but by Tuesday the large caravan had largely dissolved after a dayslong standoff […]