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Family Separation

Participants at the "For Human Dignity" vigil/rally outside St. Anthony Catholic Church in Davenport, Iowa, May 1, 2024, hold placards protesting Iowa's new law that makes it a state crime for illegal reentry into Iowa. A U.S. District Court judge June 17 issued a preliminary injunction preventing the law from taking effect July 1. (OSV News photo/Barb Arland-Fye, The Catholic Messenger)

Judge temporarily blocks Iowa immigration law; if enacted, it would separate families, opponents say

Barb Arland-Fye|Jun 21, 2024|3 Min Read

DACA

Executive action increases protections for noncitizen spouses, children of US citizens

Kate Scanlon|Jun 18, 2024|4 Min Read

Jorge Alvarenga and his mother hug at a family member's home near Washington July 31, 2022, after being separated for 17 years. Alvarenga's mother migrated to the U.S. from their native El Salvador for economic reasons and thanks to a course on Catholic social doctrine her son attended in Washington, she was able to travel from a nearby state to see him briefly after his classes ended. (CNS photo/Rhina Guidos)

World

Beyond the border, reunification of Latin American families takes years

Rhina Guidos|Aug 12, 2022|5 Min Read

A migrant mother from Honduras plays with her 4-month-old child in Tierra Blanca, Mexico, as they wait for a lift to the United States Jan. 27, 2019. The New York Times first reported Central American migrant children who are in the U.S. are being sent to Mexico in an Oct. 30, 2020, story. (CNS photo/Alexandre Meneghini, Reuters)

World

Report: Central American migrant children who reach U.S. being sent to Mexico

Rhina Guidos|Nov 3, 2020|2 Min Read

Immigrant advocates deliver 300,000 signatures to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Washington July 27, 2020, demanding the agency release children currently in detention. The building's security detail would not accept the petition signatures. (CNS photo/courtesy Franciscan Action Network)

Advocates demand ICE comply with order to release children in detention

Catholic News Service|Jul 29, 2020|3 Min Read

Mexican migrants deported from the U.S. walk toward Mexico at Paso del Norte International border bridge in this July 17

News

Immigration policy 'will have terrible human consequences,' bishop says

Rhina Guidos|Jul 26, 2019|2 Min Read

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