Commentary: As a community that upholds the dignity of all humans, Catholics must confirm that we hear ICE detainees' cries of suffering, and demand that these vile places be defunded and shut down.
Commentary: Detention centers are "known to be places where infections spread at lightning speed once they enter," explains Maryknoll lay missioner Heidi Cerneka, who works as an immigration attorney in El Paso.
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to grow in the U.S. faster than anywhere else in the world, the Catholic bishop of El Paso, Texas, is asking local authorities to release nonviolent migrants at his local U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities.
The Field Hospital: Known as a sanctuary congregation in the 1980s, St. William Church committed in October "to support the leadership of immigrant-led groups who work diligently to establish justice for all."
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center with a 1,000-bed capacity planned for Evanston, Wyoming, is "a far cry from loving solidarity," says Bishop Steven Biegler, who has publicly opposed the project.
Sheltering migrant children has become a growing business for the Florida-based government contractor, as the number of minors in government custody has swollen to record levels over the past two years.
Over 400 participants — priests, nuns, activists and laypeople — on Wednesday in Newark, New Jersey, protested the "inhumane treatment" and detention of children and families at U.S. immigration centers.
Mississippi's Catholic bishops joined with the state's Episcopal, Methodist and Lutheran bishops in condemning the Trump administration's Aug. 7 raid on seven food processing plants in the state to round up workers in the country illegally.
