A nonpartisan immigration think tank has issued a report challenging misleading and false claims about immigrants prevalent in the presidential campaign season, including the frequent lie that up 20 million undocumented people live in the U.S. Republican candidate Donald Trump…
Biblical mandate to welcome the stranger not at odds with border security, Catholic archbishop says
Bridging the seething partisan divide over U.S. immigration policy will require a separation of the political from the pastoral aspects of the crisis, said Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of New York. And that starts with a…
Percentage of unauthorized immigrants in U.S. population continues to decline
The number of unauthorized immigrants living in the United States edged up slightly in 2021, following a decade of declines, the Center for Migration Studies said in a new report. The nation’s undocumented immigrant population increased from 10.2 million in…
18 immigration organizations unite in effort to help the undocumented get ready to stay legally
Eighteen national immigration organizations have formed a new coalition to help undocumented immigrants obtain legal services and resources needed to access residency programs that could lead to citizenship. Organizers say Ready to Stay will tap into grassroots communities, including faith-based…