Pope Leo told U.S. bishops visiting him at the Vatican on Wednesday that they should firmly address how immigrants are being treated by President Donald Trump’s hardline policies, attendees said, in the latest push by the pontiff on the issue.
Jim Jordan says ICE agents are ‘doing the Lord’s work’
ICE agents who are violently rounding up children from playgrounds and parents from city streets are “doing the Lord’s work,” according to U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, Republican from Ohio. His comments came three weeks after White House staffer Stephen Miller,…
Change fed efforts, treat trafficking survivors as humans
I started my career in 2011 working with trafficking victims. Most days were mundane, cutting rent checks, helping people apply for benefits, going with them to the consulate to get necessary paperwork. I built relationships with survivors in those long…
DC archbishop, sisters denounce assault of migrants at hands of US government
Cardinal Robert McElroy wasted no time pointing out that this year’s World Day for Migrants and Refugees is not like the others — at least not in the U.S.
Court stops Trump’s middle-of-the-night deportation of children
Some of President Trump’s immigration policies suffered a setback in one federal court and a victory in another. In one case, a federal judge temporarily barred the administration from swiftly deporting nearly 330 Guatemalan children under the premise of reuniting…
A different court says Alligator Alcatraz can stay open
The Trump administration may resume using Florida’s secluded “Alligator Alcatraz” detention center while litigation against the facility proceeds, a federal appeals court ruled 2-1. The Sept. 4 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit paused a…
MAGA gets its wish: Immigrant population declining
The nation’s immigrant population has declined significantly since President Donald Trump took office in January, new research shows. And the trend is likely to continue since the Trump administration announced plans to expand its military presence and immigration raids to…
Court rebukes Trump’s use of Alien Enemies Act
A federal appeals court has rejected President Donald Trump’s use of an 18th-century law to swiftly deport accused Venezuelan gang members from the United States. The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in New Orleans ruled Sept. 2 the administration…
Here’s how ending cashless bail harms immigrants and the poor
The Trump administration claims its effort to end cashless bail is about reducing crime, but immigration and racial justice activists warn it’s nothing more than an assault on the poor and people of color. “By reviving cash bail, the administration…
Student learning is another casualty of Trump’s fear campaign
The Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign is striking terror in the lives of children worried their parents could be detained at school drop-off or while they are in classes during the day, education and immigration advocates say. The stress also…
‘Alligator Alcatraz’ appears headed for closure
The Trump administration is removing immigrants from Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” detention center after a federal judge ordered operations downsized by late October. The Department of Homeland Security announced the move after U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams’ Aug. 21 order prohibiting…
Who wants to be an ICE agent?
A centerpiece of the “big beautiful bill,” as the recently passed tax and spending act was dubbed by President Donald Trump, is a massive funding appropriation for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, an agency of the Department of Homeland Security. The…