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A migrant from Honduras carries a child in Escuintla, Mexico, April 18, 2019, as they join part of a caravan of Central American migrants on their journey toward the United States. (CNS Photo/Jose Cabezas, Reuters)

Injustice at the Border

The Editors
October 28, 2019
Immigration
Domestic Affairs
Donald Trump

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Article

Cruelty at the Border

Thousands of migrants are now camping along the border in Ciudad Juárez, enduring squalid conditions as they await responses from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
By Griffin Oleynick
October 25, 2019
Spirituality
Immigration
Social Justice
Poverty
Article
Bishop Mark Seitz is clearly in the trenches. There is no sugarcoating. He is coming straight at it with all his heart and soul.

Confronting White Supremacy

By John Gehring
October 19, 2019
Race
Social Justice
U.S. Catholicism
Bishops
Article

Trapped at the Border

The Trump administration insists its Migrant Protection Protocols keep asylum seekers safe. Reporting from Mexico shows otherwise.
By Joseph Sorrentino
July 20, 2020
Immigration
Foreign Affairs
Social Justice
Article

Dehumanization Is Deadly

At vigils across the country on July 12, Americans raised their voices in protest of immigration policy.
By Dominic Preziosi
July 16, 2019
Immigration
Social Justice
Donald Trump
Article

Religious Sisters on the Border

The sisters I met along the border know well the intractability of poverty, disease, and violence. That does not keep them from working to relieve them.
By Lynda McDonnell
October 11, 2019
Immigration
Religious Life
Spirituality
Social Justice
Article

Building Bridges at the Border

Disappointed after President Trump’s visit to Texas, Sr. Norma Pimentel urges Americans to stop demonizing both immigrants and border officers.
By John Gehring
January 15, 2019
Immigration
U.S. Catholicism
Donald Trump
Social Justice
Article

Cruelty’s the Point

The retrial of humanitarian border activist Scott Warren raises frightening concerns for all who would help migrants. A conviction would set a dangerous precedent.
By Regina Munch
July 11, 2019
Immigration
Donald Trump
Election 2020
Social Justice
Article

‘It’s Up to God’

Contrary to the paranoia encouraged by the Trump administration, migrants are people of deep faith, guilty only of looking for a home.
By Joseph Sorrentino
December 11, 2018
Immigration
Spirituality
Donald Trump
Article
Trump is lying. There is nothing that requires the Justice Department to separate families.

Border Blame Game

By Mollie Wilson O’Reilly
June 18, 2018
Donald Trump
Domestic Affairs
Immigration
Columnists
Article

A Heartless Policy

The Trump administration traumatizes, terrorizes, and defaces the image of God all of us bear.
By John Gehring
June 4, 2018
Immigration
Donald Trump
Domestic Affairs
Social Justice
Article

Shameful & Shameless

The morally shameful policy of separating children from their parents at the border demands explicit and sustained condemnation.
By The Editors
June 19, 2018
Editorial
Donald Trump
Domestic Affairs
Immigration
Article

Do Not Turn a Blind Eye

Sister Diana Muñoz Alba challenged the UN, religious leaders, U.S. and Mexican governments, and all of us to do more to prevent the suffering of migrants.
By Paul Moses
May 3, 2018
Immigration
Donald Trump
Race
Religious Life

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