Story - July 27, 2021 - With a surge in the first few months of 2021 of minors entering the United States without a parent or guardian, figures from fiscal year 2020 already have surpassed the total of unaccompanied minors who made border entries during the previous fiscal year. Statistics from U.S. Customs and Border Protection show that over 76,000 minors…

Story - July 23, 2021 - Although Jesuit Father Fred Kammer is stepping down as executive director of the Jesuit Social Research Institute in his native New Orleans come July 31, he’s nowhere near ready to fully retire and stop his work to end racism, ease poverty and promote immigrant justice. As the center’s director since 2009, Father Kammer has kept…

Story - September 22, 2020 - U.S. organizations that work to resettle refugees fear that an upcoming battle with the Trump administration over the number of displaced people allowed into the country may be the fiercest yet. Even as the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees pleaded this summer with countries to take in more of the 79.5 million displaced people worldwide,…

News - July 15, 2021 - The Honorable Rosa DeLauro Chair U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Kay Granger Ranking Member U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations Washington DC 20515 July 14, 2021 Dear Chairwoman DeLauro and Ranking Member Granger, The Catholic Health Association of the United States is the leadership organization of more…

News - January 27, 2020 - Alexandria, Va. (January 27, 2020) – Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) is extremely disappointed in the U.S. Supreme Court’s unprecedented ruling in favor of the Administration’s revisions to the “public charge” rule, which harms families, targets lawful immigrants and could prevent families from receiving vital nutrition and housing assistance. “We implore the Administration to reconsider this…

News - June 26, 2019 - Alexandria, Va. (June 26, 2019)–The images and stories coming from the border are heart wrenching. Today I beg all persons of good will to reach out and respond generously to the arrival of newcomers. I also beg Congress and the Administration to provide the necessary aid to address the ongoing humanitarian crisis at the U.S.-Mexico…

News - November 12, 2019 - Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) joined an amicus brief in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients and the case before the Supreme Court. The Court will determine in part whether the Administration’s rescission of DACA was lawful. As CCUSA previously urged the Administration, we believe the dignity of every human being particularly…

Informed by the experiences of local Catholic Charities agencies, we urge policymakers to see the faces of those in need in their communities and to create social policies that assist and support them.

Story - May 21, 2021 - In early May, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious asked members for urgent help in ministering to migrants when families, minors and others were increasingly coming across cities and towns close to the U.S.-Mexico border. Mercy Sister Patricia Mulderick, who’d had previous experience in advocacy work on behalf of migrants and experience in Latin America,…

Story - May 10, 2021 - The announcement that the Biden administration was raising the limit of annual refugee admissions from 15,000 to 62,500 was cause for celebration at a Georgetown University online discussion of migrant issues May 4. And Sister Norma Pimentel, executive director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley in Brownsville, Texas, said more visibility would help…

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News - April 4, 2018 - Several Catholic partners have joined in a statement commending the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for his able leadership in developing the latest draft for the Global Compact on Refugees. In the statement, Catholic Charities USA and the other partners, made recommendations to support and strengthen the compact, including addressing the root causes…