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Guatemalans deported from the U.S. board a bus outside La Aurora International Airport in Guatemala City March 19, 2020. Guatemala's bishops have criticized continued deportations during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying the practice has "no sense of humanity" during a health crisis. (CNS photo/Fabricio Alonso, Reuters)

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Guatemalan bishops: Deporting people during pandemic lacks humanity

David Agren|Apr 16, 2020|2 Min Read

Asylum-seekers are seen outside of tents at an encampment in Matamoros, Mexico, April 9, 2020. (CNS photo/Daniel Becerril, Reuters)

Civil action group calls for protection of migrants amid pandemic

Junno Arocho Esteves|Apr 16, 2020|2 Min Read

A mother and daughter wearing protective masks who are seeking asylum in the U.S. are seen at a migrant camp in Matamoros, Mexico, April 1, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. (CNS photo/Go Nakamura, Reuters)

Migrant ministries call for end to deportations during pandemic

David Agren|Apr 13, 2020|3 Min Read

Migrants detained in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Basile, La., display signs April 3, 2020, related to the coronavirus disease. (CNS photo/Handout via Reuters)

El Paso bishop calls for release of nonviolent migrants in detention

Rhina Guidos|Apr 7, 2020|3 Min Read

A woman near El Paso, Texas, walks on the international border bridge with Mexico March 13, 2020. The coronavirus pandemic has increased burdens on immigrants without legal status. (CNS photo/Jose Luis Gonzalez, Reuters)

Pandemic adds increasing burdens on immigrants without legal status

Rhina Guidos|Apr 1, 2020|4 Min Read

An Indian health worker sprays disinfectant on the luggage of migrant workers and labourers along with their families stuck in New Delhi, India, March 29. (Yawar Nazir/Getty Images via CNA)

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Indian bishop condemns 'shocking' disinfectant spray of migrant workers

Catholic News Agency|Mar 31, 2020|2 Min Read

Guatemalan migrants cover themselves while on a bus outside La Aurora International Airport in Guatemala City, Guatemala, March 19, 2020, after being deported from the U.S. Catholic immigration advocates are calling for immigrant protections amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. (CNS photo/Fabricio Alonso, Reuters)

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Virus may produce misery beyond disease to migrants, home countries

Rhina Guidos|Mar 26, 2020|4 Min Read

Migrants and refugees are pictured on a large bronze statue in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Sept. 29, 2019. The Vatican celebration of the World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2020 will be celebrated Sept. 27, the Vatican said, and the pope's choice for a theme is: "Forced like Jesus Christ to flee." (CNS via Crux)

Church leaders urge that migrants not be forgotten during coronavirus pandemic

Christopher White|Mar 26, 2020|6 Min Read

Syrian children sit on the ground at a makeshift camp in Qatmah Feb. 17, 2020. The Sept. 27 celebration of World Day of Migrants and Refugees will emphasize people displaced within their own countries. (CNS photo/Khalil Ashawi, Reuters)

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Vatican announces theme for 2020 World Day of Migrants and Refugees

Junno Arocho Esteves|Mar 6, 2020|2 Min Read

Sister Norma Pimentel, director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley in Texas, speaks with a young resident of a tent camp housing some 2,500 asylum seekers in Matamoros, Mexico, Feb. 29, 2020. Sister Norma leads teams providing support for the camp, which is occupied by people forced to stay on the Mexican side of the border while their asylum claims are heard in U.S. courts. (CNS photo/David Agren)

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Churches work to alleviate suffering of people who 'Remain in Mexico'

David Agren|Mar 4, 2020|5 Min Read

Auxiliary Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville of Washington, center, chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Migration and retired Auxiliary Bishop Denis J. Madden of Baltimore speak with Deacon Chris Schwartz of the Archdiocese of Washington, during a March 2, 2020, trip to Howard County Detention Center in Jessup, Md., for prayer and conversation with migrant detainees held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (CNS photo/Jim Waterbury, courtesy In Solidarity)

Visit with immigrant detainees shows bishops the love of family

Dennis Sadowski|Mar 2, 2020|3 Min Read

Migrants, who are asylum-seekers sent back to Mexico from the U.S. under the Trump administration's "Remain in Mexico" policy, are seen at provisional campsite near the Rio Bravo in Matamoros, Mexico, Feb. 27, 2020. The policy is officially named Migrant Protection Protocols, or MPP. (CNS photo/Daniel Becerril, Reuters)

Court briefly blocks 'Remain in Mexico' policy, then stays ruling

Catholic News Service|Mar 2, 2020|3 Min Read

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