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Providing a roadmap to citizenship
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Story - January 10, 2019 - The Esperanza Center of Catholic Charities of Baltimore, located in the historic Fells Point neighborhood, welcomes newcomers to the United States and helps them to become citizens. At the Esperanza Center, the immigrant community has access to comprehensive services that are provided via six major programs: 1. Educational Services, including classes in English as a…
Catholic Charities employee joins clients in ‘sharing the journey’
Story - September 17, 2018 - Since 2017, Gilda Rada-Garcia has worked as an immigration advocate with Catholic Charities of North Louisiana’s Immigration Integration Services program. She provides assistance and guidance to clients seeking to become legal residents or naturalized citizens of the United States. On September 12, 2018, surrounded by friends and CCNLA staff members, Rada-Garcia joined two of her…
CCUSA letter on U.S. Catholic community support for robust use of TPS
News - July 19, 2022 - The Honorable Alejandro MayorkasSecretary of Homeland SecurityDepartment of Homeland SecurityWashington, D.C. 20528 The Honorable Antony BlinkenSecretary of StateDepartment of StateWashington, D.C. 20520 Dear Secretary Mayorkas and Secretary Blinken: We write on behalf of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Migration, Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA), Catholic Relief Services (CRS), and the Catholic Legal…
CCUSA Catholic partners urge DHS to extend temporary protected status for Honduras, El Salvador
News - November 1, 2017 - Sister Donna Markham OP, PhD, president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA), joined Bishop Joe S. Vásquez of Austin, Chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Migration, representatives of Catholic Relief Services (CRS), Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) in sending a letter to Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, Elaine…
CCUSA opposes administration’s proposed changes to U.S. asylum rule
News - June 15, 2020 - Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) strongly opposes the Administration’s proposed asylum rule, released today, that would impose tremendous obstacles on migrants seeking safety and protection in the U.S. The proposed changes would make the legal pursuit of asylum unacceptably narrow. Our major concerns include: broadening the discretionary reasons to deny an asylum claim, redefining a “particular…
The Border is Everywhere initiative
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Story - June 1, 2021 - By Kat Kelley, MSW, Director of Strategic Initiatives, Catholic Charities of Oregon The humanitarian crisis on the southern U.S. border has garnered national and international attention over the last few years. Images of unaccompanied minors in massive congregate shelters and young families traumatized and weary after crossing multiple international borders – often on foot – have…
Marian House adapts to meet the needs of clients
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Story - July 28, 2021 - By Andy Barton, President & CEO, Catholic Charities of Central Colorado In a six-year span from 1845 to 1851, starvation and illness took the lives of more than 1,000,000 Irish people. That period is known to most of us as the Irish Potato Famine and it led to an innovation that we still use 175 years…
Advocacy
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Guided by Catholic social teaching and informed by the experiences of local Catholic Charities agencies, CCUSA advocacy urges policymakers to recognize the needs of the most vulnerable and to adopt measures that support them.
CCUSA, USCCB/MRS express concern over proposed EOIR fee review
News - March 30, 2020 - Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Migration and Refugee Services (USCCB/MRS) respectfully submitted comments on the proposed Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) Fee Review, published on February 28, 2020. We are concerned about the proposed fee changes in the published notice and request that EOIR withdraw these proposals…
U.S. Catholic groups request extension and redesignation of TPS
News - November 16, 2022 - The Honorable Alejandro Mayorkas Secretary of Homeland Security Department of Homeland Security Washington, D.C. 20528 The Honorable Antony Blinken Secretary of State Department of State Washington, D.C. 20520 Dear Secretary Mayorkas and Secretary Blinken: We write on behalf of Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA), the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Migration, Catholic Relief…
Migrants, refugees, asylum seekers: Catholic aid and terminology explained
Story - August 29, 2022 - What does it mean to be a migrant? Migrants are vulnerable people who are fleeing their country of origin — typically because of war, violence, drug trafficking, ecological devastation, collapsing social order, failing economic conditions or other untenable situations that have made living there impossible — and seeking safety and opportunity elsewhere. The Catholic Church…
A love that inspires faith, resilience and sacrifice
Prayer & Reflection - January 1, 2024 - What rich readings we have for this Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God, which also happens to be the World Day of Peace! With this abundance of good material to reflect on, I would like to focus on a phrase from the Gospel: “And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her…