While one Catholic archbishop was urging a fix to the country’s immigration laws before a Catholic crowd, another was pleading with the government not to separate mothers from their children while in immigration detention, and yet another, a cardinal, was accompanying a grandfather to an appointment that could have resulted in his deportation.
Dear Editor: Kudos to Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio (Put Out Into the Deep, Feb. 18) for his outspoken and deeply Christian stance on immigrants, whether they be illegal or not.
My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, The immigration history of America has not been one of our stellar achievements. Unfortunately, nativism, racism, xenophobia and every other type of negative public reaction have played a part in the development of our immigration laws and practices.
In response to President Donald Trump’s executive order temporarily halting immigrants from seven terror-prone countries, the Sisters of St. Dominic, Amityville, L.I., say they were “appalled” by the action.
by Archbishop Jose H. Gomez THE CATHOLIC BISHOPS of the United States designated Dec. 12, the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, as a national day of prayer for migrants and refugees.
My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, One of the most critical issues facing the incoming administration is immigration reform. During his campaign speeches and debates, President-elect Trump made sweeping statements not only about immigrants, especially Mexicans, but also about building a 2,000 mile-long wall to protect the U.S. from being overrun by immigrants and about the deportation of all 11 million undocumented immigrants, which he has not retracted but seems to have toned it down by speaking of undocumented immigrants with criminal convictions. This is a national challenge that cannot be resolved only by the incoming administration, but rather requires national reflection on our history as a nation of immigrants and on our increasingly immigrant Church.
