CMS Migration Update: 2017
CMS Migration Update is a weekly digest of news, faith reflections, and analysis of international migration and refugee protection. It also provides migration policy and research updates, with the Policy Update section available in Spanish. The CMS Migration Update is designed to educate faith leaders regarding vulnerable immigrant populations, developments in the immigration field, pastoral resources and the religious touchstones of diverse faith traditions on migrants and newcomers. It should not be relied upon to provide advice or counsel in immigration cases. The publication is provided by the Center for Migration Studies of New York (CMS), an educational institute/think-tank devoted to the study of international migration, to the promotion of understanding between immigrants and receiving communities, and to public policies that safeguard the dignity and rights of migrants, refugees and newcomers. CMS is a member of the Scalabrini International Migration Network, an international network of shelters, welcoming centers, and other ministries for migrants.
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Thomas Shea
Thomas J. Shea is the editor of CMS’ Migration Update, a weekly digest of news and other information related to national and international migration. In addition, Mr. Shea is a Senior Staff Attorney with CUNY Citizenship Now! in New York............
Read MoreDecember 19, 2017
- A Catholic Immigration Wish List
- Iowa Bishop Visits ICE Detainees, Calls on Congress to Pass DREAM Act
- Our Neighbor (Video)
- Juan’s Story: The Struggles of Deportation and Family Separation
- Re-Registration Period Now Open for Nicaraguans with Temporary Protected Status
- Statement by Louise Arbour, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for International Migration – On the occasion of International Migrants Day
- ‘I have no country’: After More Than 60 Years in Canada, BC Woman Discovers She Doesn’t Have Citizenship
- Exodus of Foreign Workers Leaves British Employers in the Lurch
- Policy Update (December 13-19, 2017)
December 12, 2017
- Preparatory Process Towards the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration
- US Catholic Bishops and Migration Experts Urge Reconsideration of Global Compact
- New Court Orders on Presidential Proclamation Regarding Travel Ban
- A DACA Recipients Describes the Feeling of Watching Her Legal Status Expire
- Group Proposes Changes for How NY Courts Deal with ICE Arrests
- African IDP Convention Comes Into Force
- Proud to Help Refugees Build a New Life in Canada
- From Refugee to Resident: Home for Unaccompanied Youth Refugees Opens
- Diptheria is Spreading Fast in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
- Policy Update (December 6-12, 2017)
December 5, 2017
- Pope Francis: ‘The presence of God today is also called Rohingya’
- Catholic Church Sometimes Has Been Part of Racism Problem, Says Bishop
- US Quits Migration Pact, Saying It Infringes on Sovereignty
- Analysis: UN Bid to Improve Migrant, Refugee Response Flounders as Political Will Evaporates
- How DACA Changed My Life: One Immigrant Girl’s Story
- A Guide for Future Immigrant Entrepreneurs
- Why Greece’s Latest Refugee Emergency Feels Like a Disturbing Deja Vu
- Immigration Pilot Program Aims to Draw Newcomers to Atlantic Canada
- Policy Update (November 22, 2017-December 5, 2017)
November 21, 2017
- Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for the 104th World Day of Migrants and Refugees
- Responding to Refugees and Migrants: Twenty Action Points for the Global Compacts
- Statements by Reverend Father Michael Czerny, Undersecretary of the Migrant and Refugee Section of the Holy See, at the 4th and 5th Thematic Discussions towards a Global Compact on Refugees
- Life at the Border: Celebrating 30 Years of Mission at the Casa del Migrante in Tijuana
- 10 Ways Hispanics are Redefining American Catholicism in the 21st Century
- Pope Will Aim to Foster Reconciliation and Peace in Divided Myanmar
- The Rohingya are Facing Genocide, We Cannot be Bystanders
- Rowing into the Deep: 2,000 Gather at the 20th Annual Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice
- Trump Administration Ends Temporary Protection for Haitians
- He Promised Riches and Entry to Canada. Now He’s the Subject of a Fraud Case in Vancouver.
- Policy Update (November 14-21, 2017)
November 14, 2017
- Myanmar: Pope Receives Ambassador
- Cardinal O’Malley Urges Administration to Extend Special Immigration Status
- Haiti’s Ongoing Road to Recovery: The Necessity of an Extension of Temporary Protected Status
- Some Hurricanes Keep Blowing for Years After the Storm Passes
- Robert Gates: Ending DACA Will Hurt Immigrant Troops
- Canada to Admit 340,000 Immigrants a Year by 2020 Under New Three Year Plan
- Policy Update (November 8-14, 2017)
November 7, 2017
- Pope Condemns Xenophobia, Calls Migration a ‘Sign of the Times’
- Catholic Relief Services Materials on Catholic Social Teaching
- Faith Leaders Push Administration to Extend Protections for Immigrants
- Protecting Families, Stabilizing the Region: Why Temporary Protected Status is Needed for Haiti
- Protected Status No Longer Justified for Central Americans and Haitians in US, State Dept. Says
- The Places at Greatest Risk of Being Undercounted in the 2020 Census
- Trump’s Hard Line on Immigration Could Threaten the Accuracy of the Census
- Trump Calls for End to Diversity Visa Program After NYC Attack
- A “Second Wall” – Growing Delays Prevent Immigrants from Becoming Citizens
- 10-Year-Old Immigrant Who Was Detained After Surgery is Released
- CBP and Discretion: Why Rosa Maria Hernandez Should Never Have Been Arrested
- Manus Island Refugees, Ordered to Leave Camp, Fear for Their Lives
- Thousands of Canadians Live in the US on NAFTA Permits. So What Happens if Trump Kills the Treaty?
- Policy Update (November 1-7, 2017)
October 31, 2017
- Pope to Dreamers: ‘Keep on Dreaming,’ Don’t Hate Anyone
- In What Do I Dare to Trust?
- Trump Ends Refugee Ban with Order to Review Program for 11 Countries
- Trump’s Border Wall Prototypes to Undergo Testing
- Private-Prison Giant, Resurgent in Trump Era, Gathers at President’s Resort
- Citizenship Applications in the US Surge as Immigration Talk Toughens
- The Big Lie: Does DHS Really Have to Deport a Ten-Year-Old with Cerebral Palsy?
- Minister Says 300,000 New Immigrants a Year is Canada’s ‘New Normal’
- CMS Thanks Mitzi Schroeder for Her Service
- Policy Update (October 25-31, 2017)
October 24, 2017
- Caritas Bangladesh Launches Humanitarian Relief for Rohingya Refugees
- USCCB Migration and Refugee Services Release Report Recommending Extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for El Salvador and Honduras
- How Thousands of Immigrants Could Suddenly Lose Their Legal Status
- Hawaii Judge Extends Prohibition on Trump’s Travel Ban
- Trump’s Rhetoric Reflects a Shallow Understanding of Immigration Policy
- Judge Won’t Wipe Out Guilty Verdict for Arpaio
- People Running from Trump are Getting Asylum in Canada at Record Rates
- The Central Mediterranean: European Priorities, Libyan Realities
- Policy Update (October 19-24, 2017)
October 18, 2017
- US Bishop Chairman Statement on Immigration Principles and Need for Congressional Action to Protect Dreamers
- After White House Issues Demands, Hopes for an Immigration Deal Dim
- Little by Little: Exploring the Impact of Social Acceptance on Refugee Integration into Host Communities
- Refugees Say Life is Hard, but without the Church It Would Be Impossible
- Catholic ‘Rosary to the Border’ Event Highlights Immigration Concerns in Poland
- Greece Faces a Rerun of Its Refugee Winter of Discontent
- Ottawa Urged to Help Farm Workers from Hurricane-ravaged Dominica
- Australia’s New Offer to Refugees: A Different Detention Center
- When Deaths Exceed Births, Countries Can Turn to Immigration
- Policy Update (October 6-18, 2017)
October 5, 2017
- Secretary-General’s remarks to General Assembly side event on Refugees and Migrants “follow-up to the New York Declaration: one year on”
- Presidential Determination on Refugees Paints a Disturbing Picture
- Trump’s Dangerous Falsehoods on Refugees: By Yanking the Welcome Mat, He is Encouraging Other Nations to Follow Suit
- Why is Another Category of Legally Present Immigrants Being Threatened with Loss of Status and Deportation?
- Border Patrol Arrests Parents While Infant Awaits Serious Operations
- Video on History of the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC)
- Job Announcement: Office of Human Dignity and Solidarity-Immigration Ministry, Archdiocese of Chicago
- Policy Update (September 20-October 5, 2017)
September 19, 2017
- Catholic Church in Asia Responds to Rohingya Refugee Crisis
- Aung San Suu Kyi, the Ignoble Laureate
- Five Nobel Laureates Urge Aung San Suu Kyi to Defend Rohingya Muslims
- Trump Administration Rejects Study Showing Positive Impact of Refugees
- There’s No Art to Trump’s Dance with Democrats
- Trump’s Dreamer Dealing
- Judge Rules in City’s Favor on Sanctuary Cities, Grants Nationwide Injunction
- US Slaps Visa Sanctions on 4 Nations
- Trump’s Hurricane Rebuilding Job
- The Fantasy of Trump’s Skills-based Immigration Proposal
- Policy Update (September 13-19, 2017)
September 12, 2017
- Trump Ends DACA – and Pressures Congress to Pass Immigration Reform
- Pope Hopes Trump Re-Thinks DACA Decision on Immigrant Children
- A Sad Day for Dreamers and US Citizens
- What You Need to Know About the DACA Rollback
- Attorneys General from 15 States, DC Sue to Save DACA
- What About the ‘Dreamers’ Who Serve Us?
- USCCB Committee on Migration Letter to Congress in Support of the Dream Act 2017
- Cardinal Dolan Rips into Bannon for “Insulting” Remarks about Catholic Church and Immigrants
- Intake without Oversight: Firsthand Experiences with the Customs and Border Protection Complaints Process
- Cross Border Mobility Survey: The Need to Modernize and Improve the Movement of Key Employees between Canada and the United States of America
- Event | 2017 Catholic Immigrant Integration Initiative Conference
- Policy Update
August 25, 2017
- Catholics Mobilize as Deadline Looms on Shield for Young Immigrants
- AG Paxton Leads 16-State Coalition in Amicus Brief Supporting President Trump’s Travel Ban (Press Release)
- Where You Live Impacts Ability to Obtain Representation in Immigration Court
- California Sues Trump Administration Over Sanctuary Policy
- Immigration Battlefield Widens for Trump, GOP
- Submission to the UN Committee on Migrant Workers: Libya
- Analysis: A War without End: Neighbors Carry the Burden of South Sudan’s Fleeing Millions
- Number of Asylum Seekers to Canada Up Four Fold in August
August 15, 2017
- Update: Durable Solutions for Syrian Refugees
- Slaves Are Catching Our Shrimp
- Bishop Warns of ‘Dumbed-down Gospel’ Behind Anti-immigrant Stance
- Bishop Asks ICE to Keep Mom of Child with Cancer in U.S.
- ‘Dreamers’ Deadline Looms for Trump
- Attorneys Get Native-Born Citizen Out of Texas Immigration Prison
- Administrative Detention of Migrants
- Canadian Army Builds 500-person Border Camp as Asylum-seeker Numbers Rise
- How to Buy a Passport
- Policy Update (August 9-15 2017)
August 8, 2017
- Pope Calls Human Trafficking ‘Brutal, Cruel and Criminal’
- Weekly Chart: Human Trafficking in the Americas
- All US Catholics are Called to Oppose Mass Deportations Under Trump. Here’s Why.
- Donald Trump Proposes Law to Cut Immigration Numbers by Half in 10 Years
- Bishops in ‘Strong Opposition’ to Trump-backed Plan that Would Sharply Reduce Legal Immigration
- Trump Says the Proposed Immigration Bill Will Raise Wages for Americans. It Won’t. (Opinion)
- Does the GOP Forget What Happened When America Rejected Jews from Nazi Germany? (Op Ed)
- ICE Raids Targeting Families Net 650 Arrests
- What Does it Take to Assimilate in America
- Why are Thousands of Haitians Streaming into Canada from the US?
- Policy Update (August 2-8, 2017)
August 1, 2017
- Contributions of Migrants and Diaspora to All Dimensions of Sustainable Development
- The Global Compact on Migration Should Support Portable Social Security Benefits, Including for Irregular Migrants and Deportees
- Statement of Oscar Chacon at Fourth Thematic Session, Global Compact on Migration
- Study Says Nixing TPS Immigration Program Would Harm Economy
- These Haitians Found Refuge from Earthquakes, Cholera, and Poverty. Now Trump Plans to Send Them Back.
- Trump’s Attack on One Class of Immigrants Won’t Make America Great (Opinion)
- Who’s in Charge of Homeland Security? Elaine Duke Likely to Become Acting Secretary after Reince Priebus Shakeup
- Police Push Back Against Trump’s Law-and-Order Speech
- Leaders in Congress React to ABC News Investigation of Border Agency
- UNHCR Chief Filippo Grandi Calls on Australia to End Harmful Practice of Offshore Processing
- Refugees Who Helped Edward Snowden Now Look to Canada as Their Only Hope
- Policy Update (July 20, 2017 – August 1, 2017)
July 19, 2017
- Statement by His Excellency Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva at Thematic Discussion 1 of the Global Compact on Refugees: “Past and current burden- and responsibility-sharing arrangements”
- Deportation to Deadly Countries is an Evil We Can Avoid
- I Can Hear Jesus’ Indignant Response to the AGs Who Want to Deport ‘Dreamers’
- Do Not Obey in Advance
- A Judge in Hawaii Has Ruled Grandparents are Exempt from Trump’s Travel Ban
- DHS’s Kelly: Program Shielding 800,000 Illegal Immigrants May be in Jeopardy
- Practice Advisory: Working with Child Clients and Their Family Members in Light of the Trump Administration’s Focus on “Smugglers”
- After Terrible Loss, Refugees Take Hold of Their Future in Canada
- New Refugee Framework “Dead in the Water” without More International Support
- Washington Update (July 12-20, 2017)
July 11, 2017
- Laws Are Meant to Protect Human Beings, Not Break Them
- A Law to Deter Violence That Won’t
- ‘I Need More Mexicans’: A Kansas Farmer’s Message to Trump
- Fighting for the Sanctuary Workplace
- Why Mariel Cuban Criminals Deserve Amnesty (and Anti-Castro Republicans Should Support It)
- ‘They Are Not Treated Like Humans’: Inside Libya’s Thriving Migrant Trade
- Canada-US Refugee Agreement to be Challenged in Court
- Washington Update (June 27, 2017-July 11, 2017)
June 27, 2017
- Supreme Court to Hear Travel Ban Case
- World Refugee Day with Interviews and Resources
- Bangladesh Cardinal Defends Rights of Rohingya Refugees
- Survivor-Centered Approach to Trafficking in Persons
- White House Pressures State Department Over Refugee Costs: Sources
- What Will Trump Do with Half a Million Backlogged Immigration Cases?
- LA County Supervisors OK $3 Million to Aid Legal Efforts for Immigrants Facing Deportation
- How the Democrats Lost Their Way on Immigration
- Fighting for the Immigrants of Little Pakistan
- For the Business Traveler Worried About Security: You’re Not Alone
- So, Your Country Isn’t Keen to Resettle Refugees. Are You?
- Kellie Leitch Criticized Over Tweet Attacking Syrian Refugee Program
- Disposable Africans – Migration and Its Consequences
- Migrant: Stories of Hope and Resilience
- Washington Update (June 21-27, 2017)
June 20, 2017
- Chaldeans in US: Why Aren’t More Christians Speaking Out Against Deportations to Iraq?
- To Offer Refugees His Home, Pope’s Almoner Sleeps in His Office
- DiNardo: Local Officers Shouldn’t Be Required to Enforce Immigration Laws
- DACA Still ‘Under Review,’ Trump Administration Says
- Trump Administration Grants Work Permits to Thousands of Illegal Immigrants
- Trump Allows Dreamers to Stay. Why?
- Presidential Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Director of National Intelligence
- Supreme Court Weighs Fate of Trump Travel Ban Order
- These Researchers Just Debunked an All-Too-Common Belief About Refugees
- Declines in US Resettlement of Muslim Refugees under the Trump Administration (Fact Sheet)
- When America Barred Italians (Op Ed)
- Migrant: Stories of Hope and Resilience
- Why, in Tijuana, a ‘Different Kind of Migrant’ Elicits Help
- Map the Impact
- Australia Agrees to Pay A$70 Million to Manus Island Refugees
- Dual Canadian Citizens Will No Longer Lose Citizenship if Convicted of Terrorism under New Bill
- Washington Update (June 14-20, 2017)
June 13, 2017
- Cardinal Daniel DiNardo Addresses Houston Conference
- Catholic Advocates for Immigrants Assess How to Win Allies, Combat Fear
- Frequently Asked Questions on Executive Order 13780 Related to Refugee Resettlement and Travel Ban
- ICE Shutters Detention Alternative for Asylum-seekers
- National Academies’ Presidents Comment on Proposal for New Questions for Visa Applicants
- Despite Vowing to End Catch and Release, Trump is Still Freeing Thousands of Migrants
- Democrats Begin to Turn on DHS Chief
- USCIS Report on Requests for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
- Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 71,418 in 2017; Deaths: 1,650
- Immigration Minister Announces Changes to Express Entry Program
- Syria Has Changed the Way We Respond to Refugees, Here’s How
- Greece Has Adopted Illegal Border Push-Back for Erdogan Critics
- Washington Update (June 7-13, 2017)
June 6, 2017
- Social Participation and the New Forms of Slavery
- Two Visions of Immigrants, Refugees, and National Identity
- Gateways for Growth Challenge
- CCHD Director Ralph McCloud Awarded Bishop John Joseph Keane Medallion
- Thoughts on the Appellate Court Decision Against Trump’s Revised Travel Ban
- Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Reinstate Travel Ban
- Trump Reignites Debate Over Travel Ban
- US Now Can Ask Travelers for Facebook, Twitter Handles
- Asylum-Seeker Mavis Otuteye Died Trying to Cross Border Into Canada
- Washington Update (May 24, 2017-June 6, 2017)
May 23, 2017
- Latest Migrant Tragedy Prompts Call to Address Root Problem
- US Immigration Arrests Up Nearly 40 Percent Under Trump
- Trump Administration Extends Protected Status for Haitians
- Worried About Being Deported? Get a Farm Job (Opinion)
- Refugee Outreach and Engagement Programs for Police Agencies
- The Airport Lawyers Who Stood Up to Trump Are Under Attack
- Drought: A Contributing or Limiting Factor in Migration?
- Agency That Oversees Immigration Consultants Appears to be in Turmoil
- Washington Update (May 17-23, 2017)
May 16, 2017
- As Refugee Arrivals Slow, Resettlement Agencies Face a Funding Crunch
- A Harrowing Turning Point for Haitian Immigrants
- Trump vs. Sanctuary Cities: Catholic Leaders Push Back
- Miguel and Clara: Families and Our Immigration System
- 5 Hypotheticals That Show How Complicated the Travel Ban Case Is
- Senate Passes Bill That Repeals Many Conservative Citizenship Changes
- Washington Update (May 10-16, 2017)
May 9, 2017
- ‘We Are the No,’ Cardinal Tobin Says as Faith Leaders Vow to Support Immigrants
- Reflections from the Border: Life at the Tijuana Border in the Era of President Trump
- The US Government Could Soon Ask Visa Applicants to Share Their Social Media Profiles
- A Path to America, Marked by More and More Bodies
- New Report Documents US Border Agents Illegally Turning Away Asylum Seekers at US Border
- ABA Expresses Concern to Homeland Security over Searches of Lawyers’ Electronics at the Border
- Senate Bill 1040: State-sponsored Visa Pilot Program Act of 2017
- What the Omnibus Means for Refugees
- Texas Leads 14-State Coalition Asking US Supreme Court to Uphold Arizona’s Driver’s License Policy on Undocumented Aliens
- Changes to Regulations Will See Age Increased for Dependent Child
- Washington Update (May 3-9, 2017)
May 2, 2017
- Remarks of His Eminence Cardinal Peter K.A. Turkson at the Joint Meeting of Caritas North America and Caritas Latin America and Caribbean
- Bishop Kicanas: Attorney General Heard Only Part of the Story
- Community Preparation Videos
- Sensitive Locations FAQs
- Hallowed Be Thy Name
- Recovering the Human Faces of Immigration in the South
- Discretion to Deny
- Talitha Kum Thailand Educates Teens on the Threat of Human Trafficking
- SIMN Statement to International Dialogue on Migration
- Before Leaving Rome for Cairo, Pope Francis Met with Young Egyptian Immigrants
- In Trump’s First 100 Days, a Dramatic Reduction in Immigration
- Trump’s Order to Restrict ‘Sanctuary Cities’ Funding Blocked by Federal Judge
- Trump Administration Moving Quickly to Build Up Nationwide Deportation Force
- A Hawaii Judge Just Extended a Ruling to Block Trump’s Travel Ban. What’s Next?
- Canadian Immigration Firm Sees a Boom in the Trump Era
- Washington Update (April 12, 2017 – May 2, 2017)
April 11, 2017
- How Pope Francis is Leading the Catholic Church Against Anti-Migrant Populism
- Francis Appeals for an “End to the Causes of Forced Migrations”
- Three More Syrian Families are Guests of the Vatican
- Pope Francis’ Appeal: Act with Determination to Eradicate Trafficking of Persons
- Dems Winning Fight Over Wall
- Mother of Four to Be Deported to Mexico in Sign of Trump Policy Shift
- Trump Can Wear Down Sanctuary Cities
- Claiming ‘Sanctuary’ in the Current Immigration Climate
- Cholera Stalks ‘Refugee Islands’ in Swamplands of South Sudan
- Canada Has a Plan to Stop Qualified Immigrant Doctors from Driving Taxis
- Washington Update (April 5-11, 2017)
April 4, 2017
- Is it time for a dramatic flourish from US bishops on immigration?
- Address of the Archbishop of Sydney, Most Rev. Anthony Fisher OP, to the Select Committee of the Legislative Council of New South Wales on Human Trafficking
- Border Wall Funding Likely to be Put on Hold
- Lacking EMTs, an Aging Maine Turns to Immigrants
- Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions Criticizes ‘Sanctuary Cities’ but Offers No New Policies
- Sanctuary Cities Divide Inclusive Canada into ‘Us’ and ‘Them’
- New Gambia, New Migration
- The Trauma of Facing Deportation
- Washington Update (March 29, 2017 – April 4, 2017)
March 28, 2017
- The Migrant Crisis is “the Greatest Tragedy Since World War II,” Says the Pope
- Letter from Catholic Religious Encouraging President Trump and Elected Officials to Support the US Refugee Resettlement Program
- Exclusive: US Embassies Ordered to Identify Population Groups for Tougher Visa Screening
- Indian Bishops Set Up Online System to Register Migrants
- The Problem with Having No Plan B if EU Deal with Turkey Fails
- Canadians Adopted Refugee Families for a Year. Then Came ‘Month 13.’
- Washington Update (March 22-28, 2017)
March 21, 2017
- What’s Next for Trump Travel Ban 2.0
- Rural Areas Brace for a Shortage of Doctors Due to Visa Policy
- ICE Agents Make Arrests at Courthouses, Sparking Backlash from Attorneys and State Supreme Court
- Sanctuary 101, Part I: What Trump’s Executive Order Doesn’t Do, Cannot Do, and Has Little to Do With
- Sanctuary 101, Part II: What is a “Sanctuary Jurisdiction”? Let’s Stop Mystifying the Answer
- Sanctuary 101, Part III: Can Trump Condition Federal Funds This Way?
- Sanctuary 101, Part IV: Does § 1373 Unconstitutionally Commandeer the States?
- Canada Has Detained More Mexicans in 2 Months than in All of 2016
- Washington Update (March 15-21, 2017)
March 14, 2017
- US and Europe Must be “far more generous” Towards Migrants
- Pope Francis, Migration, and the Journey to Human Development and Peace
- Educators Prepare for Immigration Agents at the Schoolhouse
- Frequent Asked Questions on Executive Orders 13769 and 13780 to Refugee Resettlement and a Travel Ban
- What You Should Know About the President’s Two Executive Orders on Resettlement and a Temporary Travel Ban
- Living in Fear in the US: Time To Take Her Education and Leave?
- Trump’s border wall will be even more useless than we thought
- Know Your Rights Materials for Undocumented Immigrants Who Encounter ICE
- Washington Update (February 15-March 14, 2017)
March 7, 2017
- Trump Signs New Order Blocking Arrivals from 6 Majority-Muslim Countries
- Pope’s 4 Verbs on Migration: Welcome, Protect, Promote, Integrate
- Address by Most Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio, Bishop of Brooklyn
- Chicago Cardinal Takes Stand on Immigration Enforcement
- Three Ways to Resist the Trump Administration’s Deportation Orders
- Ashes in Our Mouths, Fire in Our Hearts
- Joint Interfaith Statement: Muslims and Christians Unite to Call for Bridges Not Walls
- Ash Wednesday Statement on Refugees and Migrants
- Memos on Trump’s Immigration Policies
- Q&A: The Missing Voices in the Immigration Debate
- Constraints Threaten Trump’s Promise of an Immigration Crackdown
- Trump’s Anti-Immigration Playbook was Written 100 Years Ago. In Boston.
- African Immigrant Population in US Steadily Climbs
- Fleeing the US in the Back of a Truck, Refugees Find Help in Toronto
- EXCLUSIVE: UK “Voluntary” Returns – Refugee Coercion and NGO Complicity
- Europe’s Child Refugee Crisis
February 22, 2017
- Pope Says Immigrants No Threat to Europe’s Christian Identity
- On Immigrants and the Poor, Pope Francis Walks His Talk
- National Identity and 3 of the Most Damaging Directives in President Trump’s Executive Orders on Immigration and Refugees
- Jesuit Networks in Central America, Mexico, and South America Address Concerns Relating to Immigrant and Refugee Executive Orders
- The US Does Not Shortchange Christian Refugees
- Immigration Authorities Arrested 680 People in Raids Last Week
- Know Your Rights: Preparation for Encounters with Immigration Enforcement Videos in English and Spanish
- Denver-area Undocumented Immigrant Jeanette Vizguerra Denied Stay in US, Takes Sanctuary
- Trump Promises New Immigration Order as DOJ Holds Off Appeals Court
- Constraints Threaten Trump’s Promise of an Immigration Crackdown
- US Top Court to Set Guidelines for Trump Treatment of Non-Citizens
- Canada’s Concerns about Close Border Ties with US
- UN Under Fire Even as Pakistan Lifts Afghan Deportation Order
February 14, 2017
- Court Refuses to Reinstate Travel Ban, Dealing Trump Another Legal Loss
- US Bishops’ Chair on Migration Responds to Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Decision
- Catholic Leaders Praise Court Blocking Trump’s Refugee Order
- Trump Won’t Immediately Appeal Travel Ban Halt to Supreme Court
- Federal Agents Conduct Immigration Enforcement Raids in at Least Six States
- GOP Shifting on Immigration
- Indian Nun Sees Cry for Life in the Eyes of Children Used as Slaves
- Canadian Border Communities Struggle with Surge in Asylum Seekers in Past Year
- Flash Report of OHCHR Mission to Bangladesh: Interviews with Rohingyas fleeing from Myanmar since 9 October 2016
- Myopic in Malta: Europe’s Short-sighted Migration Policy with Libya
- Washington Update (February 8-14, 2017)
February 7, 2017
- Catholics Respond to Border Wall, Travel Ban Trump Orders on Migrants and Refugees Draw Sharp Rebuke, Deep Concerns from Church Leaders
- Statement of the Catholic Theological Society of America Board of Directors on Refugees and Migration
- Iraqi Patriarch: Fast Track for Christian Refugees Will Fuel Tensions
- Appeals Court Rejects Trump Administration’s Request to Restore Travel Ban
- Review of Trump’s Immigration Order by Office of Legal Counsel
- President Trump’s Immigration Order, Annotated
- Refugees are Already Vigorously Vetted. I Know Because I Vetted Them
- The Little-noticed Bombshell in Trump’s Immigration Order
- Visa Ban Amended to Allow Iraqi Interpreters into US
- Weekly Chart: Get the Facts on Immigration and Crime in the United States
- Trump’s Draft Plan to Cut Off Food Stamps for Immigrants Could Cause Some US Citizens Go Hungry
- Leftover Obama Refugee Deal with Australia Draws Questions
- Washington Update (January 25-February 7, 2017)
February 1, 2017
- President Trump’s Executive Order: Border Security and Immigration Improvements
- President Trump’s Executive Order: Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States
- President Trump’s Executive Order: Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States
- Statement of Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, on the Executive Order on Refugees and Migrants
- Bishops Applaud, Deplore Trump’s Executive Orders
- USCCB Committee on Migration Chair Strongly Opposes Executive Order Because it Harms Vulnerable Refugee and Immigrant Families
- Some of the US’s Most Important Catholic Leaders are Condemning Trump’s Travel Ban
- Christian Groups Oppose Trump’s Preference for Christian Refugees
- “Today the Headlines Clot in My Blood”
- Trump’s Flashy Executive Actions Could Run Aground
- What Comes Next for Trump’s Border Wall?
- Judge Halts Deportations as Refugee Ban Causes Worldwide Furor
- Trump Ratchets up Defense of Immigrant Ban as Outrage Mounts
- Trump Administration Reverses Itself Amidst Backlash, Exempts Green Card Holders from Travel Ban
- In Canada, Justin Trudeau Says Refugees Are Welcome
January 26, 2017
- Key Points in Trump’s Immigration Executive Orders
- Trump’s Vetting Plan Would Weaken US Security
- Fr. James Martin, SJ:”I was a stranger and you did not welcome me”
- Pope Invites Immigrants in USA to Seek Refuge Under Mary’s Mantle
- Kelly Confirmed as Homeland Security Secretary
- Trump’s Mexico Bashing May Backfire if Peso Plunge Forces Poor Migrants North
- Obama Ends Exemption for Cubans Who Arrive Without Visas
- Dangers Behind and Uncertainties Ahead, but Together at Last
- The Deportees Taking Our Calls
- US Border Agents Turned Away Canadians Hoping to Come to the Women’s March
- As Gambia’s Crisis Grows, Refugees Face Struggle for Asylum in Senegal
- Climate Change and Mass Migration: A Growing Threat to Global Security
- Washington Update (January 11-24, 2017)
January 18, 2017
- Migration, Refugee Section of New Dicastery, Led by Pope Francis, Launches 1st Media Campaign to Coincide with the 103rd World Day for Migrants and Refugees
- The Bible: the Perfect Primer on Immigration Law for Senator Sessions (Blog)
- El Paso Day of Dignity and Solidarity
- Prayers of Light: A Call to Prayer for Immigrants
- US Border Officials are Illegally Turning Away Asylum Seekers, Critics Say
- Obama’s Last Big Cuba Move (Comment)
- What We Can Learn from the ‘Little Mogadishu’ Migrant Hub
- Boko Haram Still a Threat to Refugees in Cameroon
- Ahmed Hussen: From Somali Refugee to Canada’s Parliament
January 10, 2017
- Celebrating National Migration Week – a Message from the President and Vice President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
- At Mass Celebrating Immigrants, Trump Inauguration Looms
- Commentary: It’s Immigrants Who Made America Great
- Statement of HE Archbishop Bernardito Auza, Apostolic Nuncio and Permanent Observer of the Holy See, to the United Nations Security Council Open Debate on Maintenance of International Peace and Security: Trafficking in Persons in Conflict Situations
- In the Fight Against Prostitution, Who’s Talking About the Clients?
- Cardinal Mahony: Churches May Offer Sanctuary to ‘DREAMers’ Who Face Deportation
- Convivencia
- US Immigrant Deportations Fall to Lowest Level Since 2007
- Central Americans Continue to Surge Across US Border, New DHS Figures Show
- Immigrants Use Asylum Applications to Delay Possible Deportation
- A Creative Plea from Immigrants, and a Ticking Clock for Obama
- Trump Insists Mexico Will Pay for Wall After US Begins the Work
- The Canada Experiment: Is This The World’s First ‘Postnational’ Country?
- Myanmar Says Rohingya Rape and Abuse Allegations “made up,” Despite Mounting Evidence
- Washington Update (December 21, 2016-January 10, 2017)