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Trump administration orders end to Deferred Enforced Departure for Liberians
… has scheduled the end of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program for Sudan, Nicaragua , Haiti and El Salvador , removing protection from nearly 250,000 people, while …
Standing with the least among us
… followed the announcement in November to end protected status for individuals from Haiti and Nicaragua, while a decision on the protected status for people from Honduras is expected in July. …
Advocates, faith leaders urge action to keep nearly 200,000 Salvadorans in US
… benefit from the program, although over the next two years the status is set to end for Nicaragua, Haiti, Sudan and El Salvador, who together make up nearly 250,000 of the approximately …
Editorial: US policy perpetuates violence in Honduras
… region. Honduras was the de facto U.S. military base for Contras fighting the Sandinistas in Nicaragua. Inside Honduras, U.S.-trained military units — most especially the notorious Battalion …
Advocates decry end to protection for Haitian immigrants
… that would allow Temporary Protected Status holders from Haiti, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua a path to legal status. Meanwhile, Maryland's senators, Ben Cardin and Chris Van …
Nicaraguans lose Temporary Protected Status, Hondurans' situation still undetermined
… a criminal background check. On the deadline for deciding whether to terminate the status for Nicaragua and Honduras or extend it for 6, 12 or 18 months, Duke announced that Nicaragua will lose its Temporary Protected Status designation Jan. 5, 2019, and that she had not … that would allow Temporary Protected Status holders from Haiti, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua to stay in the U.S. on a permanent basis. Temporary Protected Status holders "are …
El Salvador's UN ambassador to address migration at Boston gathering
… in 1979 after a military-controlled government assumed power, spending most of his time in Nicaragua and Mexico, before returning to El Salvador in 1987 as an opposition leader. Prior to …
Foods laden with sugar, salt and fat spread worldwide
… "Happy Meal." Doña Yolanda now owns 105 restaurants in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua. She has also built three Ronald McDonald Houses for the parents of hospitalized …
Parish roundup: The fruits of missions; Cupich visits McAllen
… of Peace Parish in Flowery Beach, Georgia, are doctors today, inspired by volunteering in Nicaragua through a nonprofit born in the parish, Amigos for Christ . • A 1968 mission trip — …
Links for 08/22/17
… when he was killed in a plane crash, bringing aid to the survivors of the earthquake in Nicaragua. The problem with naming him a saint? He wasn't a Catholic! In The New York Times , …
Michael Crosby, reformer in boardrooms and basilicas, dies at 77
… a prominent arena was smoking. His engagement with the tobacco industry began after a trip to Nicaragua in 1980, where Crosby witnessed the struggles of tobacco farmers. Later that year, he …
Pezzullo, former diplomat who was first layman to head CRS, dies at 91
… ambassador to Uruguay from 1977 to 1979. In 1979 he was named ambassador to Nicaragua where he helped usher the dictator Anastasio Somoza from power. He left that job in …
Jerry Zawada, quiet, powerful presence in peace movement, dies
… He was arrested for the first time in Chicago in 1984 while protesting CIA involvement in Nicaragua. In the following decades, the Franciscan friar by his count would be arrested more …
There goes the neighborhood
… presidential Election Day. Things might be different then. Also, by then three non-signers, Nicaragua, Syria, and the Holy See, might find ways to sign on. Nicaragua said it would go it alone, complaining about no punishment mechanism for offenders; …
July Fourth is my favorite holiday, even in today's political climate
… and acknowledge that democracy is indeed a beautiful and difficult struggle. I lived in Nicaragua for a summer during college, and, ironically, it was there that I learned my most …
The Life: Sisters reflect on care for the Earth
… ministry — 50 years — in the Philippines; a sister from Nigeria in the U.S.; and a sister from Nicaragua and another from Mexico who serve their communities in Rome. Other panelists are in …
Fr. Bernie Survil has led a life dedicated to peace
… with the Maryknolls, Survil would give most of the next 25 years of his life in El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Guatemala, dispensing the sacraments, offering acts of mercy to … and deported. I was spared, for sure, because I was an American citizen." With nine years in Nicaragua and 12 in Guatemala, he saw close up the violent effects of U.S. foreign policy when it …
Fr. Miguel D'Escoto put his priestly life at the service of the poor
… he was serving in the Nicaraguan government, has died. He was 84. D'Escoto died June 8 in Nicaragua, according to an announcement from the headquarters of the Maryknoll Fathers and … had suffered a stroke several months earlier, but his death came "unexpectedly" June 8. Nicaragua's first lady and vice president, Rosario Murillo, told the media of the priest's death, …
Morning Briefing
… in late Friday. … Miguel D'Escoto Brockmann, Maryknoll priest and former foreign minister of Nicaragua, has died at age 84. … We plan to have a more comprehensive look at D'Escoto's life and …
Miguel D'Escoto Brockmann, Maryknoll priest and former foreign minister of Nicaragua, has died
… Maryknoll priest who was suspended from the priesthood in 1984 because he was serving in the Nicaragua government, has died. He was 84. D’Escoto died June 8 in Nicaragua, according to an announcement from the headquarters of the Maryknoll Fathers and … foreign minister, a position he held until 1990, when the Sandinistas lost political power in Nicaragua. D’Escoto was born in Los Angeles, California, on February 5, 1933. Son of a diplomat …