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Bishops' migration chair urges House pass new bill to protect 'Dreamers'
… end temporary protected status for foreign nationals from several countries — El Salvador, Nicaragua, Haiti, South Sudan, Honduras and Nepal — living in the U.S., saying conditions in …
Catholic immigration network urges temporary protected status for Venezuela
… reported March 7 that a federal judge extended the status last week for people from Sudan, Nicaragua, Haiti and El Salvador. NBC also reported that a group of 24 senators asked President …
Bishop urges Congress to pass protections for Dreamers, temporary protected status holders
… that it was extending temporary protected status for foreign nationals from El Salvador, Nicaragua, Haiti and Sudan until Jan. 2, 2020. The notice, published in the Federal Register … the temporary protected status designations for many countries, including Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador, has concerned the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. The possibility …
Many migrants surprised to find long wait to apply for asylum in U.S.
… given pink bracelets with the numbers 7,332, 7,333 and 7,334. A pair of asylum-seekers from Nicaragua arrived after them, along with a family from Mexico's southern Guerrero state, where …
Nicaraguan bishops say they have not been invited to national dialogue
… to intensify their prayer and fasting for our homeland." Dialogue has proved difficult in Nicaragua as President Daniel Ortega has stubbornly clung to power and rebuffed proposed … in an attempt to find a solution, but talks broke down within months. The death toll in Nicaragua topped 300 in 2018, according to international human rights groups. Amnesty …
Temporary protected status extended for nationals from four countries
… notice that it is extending temporary protected status for foreign nationals from El Salvador, Nicaragua, Haiti and Sudan until Jan. 2, 2020. The notice, published in the Federal Register … court case in California challenged the Department of Homeland Security orders on El Salvador, Nicaragua, Haiti and Sudan, on grounds that the situation in each of the four nations had not …
When unaccompanied minors turn 18, living options shift
… Ahmad, flying to Brazil and then passing through Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico, before reaching the U.S. months later. Perhaps the …
US military needs to stay out of Venezuela
… America to protect our banana republics. This included the dictatorial Somoza family in Nicaragua. Of dictator Anastasio Somoza, President Franklin Roosevelt allegedly said : "Somoza … At the same time, Reagan unleashed a war against the revolutionary Sandinista government in Nicaragua by training and arming counterrevolutionaries called the Contras. This is only a …
Pope lifts suspension imposed on Nicaraguan priest 34 years ago
… government. In a statement Feb. 18, Archbishop Waldemar Sommertag, the Vatican nuncio in Nicaragua, said Francis had "granted with benevolence the absolution of all canonical censures" … as a priest of the Catholic Church, to which he agreed joyfully." When John Paul visited Nicaragua in 1983, Cardenal greeted him by dropping to one knee and attempting to kiss his ring. …
Francis tells Central American bishops to emulate Romero
… the regional conference representing Panama, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, the pontiff also told the prelates to stand with migrants, saying the church cannot be …
Without a voice at home, Nicaraguans ask Washington-based OAS for help
… array of officials from the three American continents Jan. 11 were weighing "the situation in Nicaragua." She made the trek from her home in the Miami-Dade area to Washington, she told … News Service, to show support for the Catholic clergy in the Central American nation of Nicaragua. Her native country has, for almost a year, been undergoing a crisis involving a … that it has forgotten that sovereignty is rooted in the people." Referencing the OAS meeting, Nicaragua's Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes said to online news site Confidencial in early January that …
Maryknoll missioners learn how other cultures live the Gospel
… a career in counseling. Thirty years ago, she was involved in a short-term health project in Nicaragua. That planted a seed, she said. "My kids are landed. It's time for me to do my thing," …
Woman dumps acid on priest hearing confessions in Managua
… term form for Nicaraguan Vice President Rosario Murillo, Ortega's wife. The conflict in Nicaragua initially erupted over an attempt to reform the country's social security institute, …
Friars and nuns from Brazil bring food, prayer to LA's Skid Row
… live and recover. From this, the order spread to 12 countries, including Paraguay, Argentina, Nicaragua, El Salvador, France and Canada. In 2012, the first members arrived in Kansas City, …
Pope recognizes martyrdom of U.S. Christian Brother
… of the Christian Brothers of the Midwest shows him wearing overalls. In 1969, he was sent to Nicaragua, where he taught and helped build schools. According to the De La Salle Brother's website, "His religious superiors ordered him to leave Nicaragua in July 1979 during the time of the Sandinista revolution. It was feared that since he …
Faith leaders call on US to address complicity in causing migrant caravan
… Honduras served as a base for U.S. military operations in nearby Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua, St. Laurent said, suggesting that the U.S. sometimes looks the other way on Honduran …
The immigrant caravan is a wave of hope for America
… 13 in the crime ridden Honduran city of San Pedro Sula , and later migrants from El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Guatemala joined them. Approximately 2,300 of them are children. Now there are …
Mexican parishes pitch in to help Central American caravan heading north
… road through Mexico. Political unrest and the persecution of anti-government protesters in Nicaragua have sent even more people fleeing with some joining in the caravan. The problem, …
Justice Action Bulletin: Injunction delays end of temporary protected status
… from ending temporary protected status for over 200,000 immigrants from El Salvador, Nicaragua, Haiti and Sudan. The injunction by Federal District Court Judge Edward Chen in the …
Children of Salvadoran TPS holders gain support from Pope Francis
… Salvador. The decision affects about 260,000 Salvadorans and tens of thousands of others from Nicaragua, Haiti and Sudan. Crista Ramos, 14, is the lead plaintiff behind the lawsuit from which …