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On DACA’s 10th anniversary, CCUSA urges passage of American Dream and Promise Act
News - June 15, 2022 - Alexandria, Va. – In recognition today of the 10th anniversary of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) — the stopgap federal policy that provides qualifying young adults brought here as children with temporary permission to stay in the country and obtain work authorization — Catholic Charities USA stands with our immigrant brothers and sisters and…
Family fights for the American dream with help of Catholic Charities
Story - November 11, 2019 - Marina and Jose Aguilar know well the stereotypes that can cling to the immigrant community: That they flout federal laws and come here illegally. That they commit crimes and overwhelm public assistance programs. That they don’t pay taxes. For the Aguilars, the antidote to such assumptions is to live life well. “We have gotten nothing…
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
https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/stories/marian-house-adapts-to-meet-the-needs-of-clients/
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…
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…
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…
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 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 addresses ministry to migrants at U.S.–Mexico border
News - December 14, 2022 - Alexandria, VA – As our nation grapples with escalating turmoil at the southwestern border of the United States and a highly charged political environment, it is incredibly disturbing for Catholic Charities — the domestic humanitarian arm of the U.S. Catholic Church — to be accused of violating federal laws, fueling the dramatic increase in migrants…