by Patricia Zapor WASHINGTON (CNS) – The first days for applying for deferred deportation for some young adults under a program to use prosecutorial discretion brought out tens of thousands of applicants to workshops around the country and a first wave of responses from state governments about what privileges they would and would not extend […]
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Busy News Week Offers Variety of Reactions
It’s been a busy news week. The biggest story of the week – the Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Health Care Act, better known as ObamaCare – happened after The Tablet went to press. That’s the problem with a weekly newspaper. You’re always catching up. We will have complete coverage of church-related reactions to […]
Abuse of Immigrants Also Occurs Here
by Robert McCreanor Much public outrage has been generated by reports of inhumane working and housing conditions for employees at the Foxconn production site in China. The revelation that our iPhones, iPods, and various other wonder gadgets may be assembled by Chinese men, women and children who toil in dangerous workplaces, sustain crippling physical injuries […]