Neighbors, Not Strangers is an interactive digital storytelling project by the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc., or CLINIC. Through this initiative, funded in part by the Catholic Communication Campaign at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, we hope to share powerful immigration stories from the CLINIC network to show how immigrants are our neighbors [...]
Please find below a statement from Bishop Seitz, Chairman of the USCCB Committee on Migration, on the tragic fire at a migrant detention facility in Ciudad Juarez: Upon hearing of last night’s news in our sister city, I express my deepest and most heartfelt condolences to the families of the 39 migrants who died [...]
A fire in a migrant detention center in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, has killed at least 39 migrants and seriously injured over 20 more. The fire, which started on Monday, March 27, occurred at a National Migration Institute facility, run by the Mexican government. Below are statements related to this tragedy [...]
Sisters Carroll Ann Kemp and Carol Ries: religious leaders in the fight against human trafficking. Religious sisters have played a vital role against violence and human rights perpetrators. They have played a seminal role in their fight against exploitative practices related to human trafficking through advocacy, education, prayer, [...]
For more information on the below items, please contact Tony Cube at ACube@usccb.org New Resources Relating to Proposed Asylum Ban On February 23, 2023, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Justice (DOJ) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that, if implemented, would place significant restrictions on the right to seek asylum [...]
Please find a recorded version of the talk at the CUA WebsiteMigration & Immigration: A Challenge of Our Time for Church and State Speaker: His Eminence Cardinal Sean O'Malley, OFM Cap. Pope Francis recently observed that "Catholic institutions of higher learning are called to educate their own students... to a clearer understanding [...]
What role does religion play in responding to forced migration crises around the world? As part of a new book published by Palgrave Publishing USCCB/MRS staff, Todd Scribner, has co-authored a chapter titled Religion Resettles Refugees: Religion's Role in Integration in the United States, which examines an ongoing initiative, the Religion and Resettlement Project, which [...]
Felicitas Brugo, Education Outreach Coordinator, USCCB/MRS Beginning in the Diocese of Milan, Italy in 1983, Radio Maria was focused on providing information to their parishioners and prayer through daily mass, the rosary holy hours and more. Soon, the show gained much traffic, and the World Family of Radio Maria began in 1998, and [...]
For those who were unable to view the website live, a recorded version is available on the CLINIC website.Please join our coalition partner the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, which is hosting a free webinar on the Biden administration’s new proposed asylum rule. This webinar will cover how the proposed rule is essentially an asylum [...]
In celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the pastoral letter Strangers No Longer: Together on the Journey of Hope issued by the Catholic bishops of Mexico and the United States, and in honor of World Refugee Day 2023, USCCB/MRS and Kino Border Initiative are sponsoring a migration themed youth and young adult art contest [...]