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Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley urges Biden to visit border
Story - May 10, 2021 - The announcement that the Biden administration was raising the limit of annual refugee admissions from 15,000 to 62,500 was cause for celebration at a Georgetown University online discussion of migrant issues May 4. And Sister Norma Pimentel, executive director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley in Brownsville, Texas, said more visibility would help…
CCUSA partners with Miles4Migrants for migrant family reunification
News - September 20, 2018 - Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) and Miles4Migrants (M4M) announced a new partnership today that will enable the ministry to further assist separated immigrant and refugee families, including those recently separated at the U.S.-Mexico border. Through donated airline miles, M4M will work with Catholic Charities agencies to identify migrants and refugees who need assistance purchasing airfare to…
USCCB and CCUSA lend support to agencies reuniting families
News - July 12, 2018 - Washington – The Migration and Refugee Services of USCCB and Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) today issued the following statement on the ongoing efforts to reunite children separated from their families at the border. “As we have long done, CCUSA and Migration and Refugee Services of USCCB are lending our experience and expertise to support Catholic…
CCUSA joins amicus brief in support of DACA recipients in Supreme Court case
News - November 12, 2019 - Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) joined an amicus brief in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients and the case before the Supreme Court. The Court will determine in part whether the Administration’s rescission of DACA was lawful. As CCUSA previously urged the Administration, we believe the dignity of every human being particularly…
Parish engagement program pivots, continues serving those most in need
Story - April 23, 2020 - Catholic Charities’ Parish Engagement Program is tackling poverty through community building, direct services, and personal connections between volunteers and those seeking pathways to self-sufficiency. However, with social-distancing practices in place to avoid the spread of COVID-19, the program is now pivoting to find creative solutions to serve all those who seek help. “We are committed…
CCUSA responds to administration’s decision to end DACA
News - September 5, 2017 - Alexandria, Va. – Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) issued the following statement in response to the administration’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program: “Catholic Charities USA is devastated by the administration’s shameful and cruel decision to end the DACA program. The DACA program has offered protection and opportunity to nearly 800,000…
Without compassion, ‘I fear we are complicit,’ says Sister Donna Markham
Story - April 7, 2020 - Sr. Donna Markham OP, PhD, is the former president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA. The first woman to lead the organization, which was founded in 1910, Markham was formerly the president of the Behavioral Health Institute for Mercy Health. She is an Adrian Dominican sister and a board-certified clinical psychologist. Catholic Charities USA is…
The only home they’ve ever known: DACA at 10 years
https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/stories/the-only-home-theyve-ever-known-daca-at-10-years/
Story - June 15, 2022 - Note: DACA recipients’ names have been changed to protect their identities. The thrill of being granted DACA protection — the freedom to get a driver’s license, to be eligible for authorized employment, to pay in-state college tuition — might only be overshadowed by the ever-present fear of losing it. On this tenth anniversary of Deferred…
CCUSA president and CEO statement on U.S. v. Texas
News - June 23, 2016 - Today the Supreme Court, by a 4-4 vote, allowed a lower court decision to stand which blocks the implementation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DAPA) executive actions. “While today’s split opinion does not decide the ultimate validity of the DACA and DAPA programs, it does…
CCUSA urges orderly, humane termination of Title 42
News - April 27, 2022 - Alexandria, Va. – Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) President and CEO, Sister Donna Markham, OP, PhD, and Bishop Mario Dorsonville, Auxiliary Bishop of Washington and Chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Committee on Migration, sent a letter to Congress today expressing concern over several measures that would prolong the misuse of Title 42.…
CCUSA statement on termination of Flores Settlement Agreement
News - August 22, 2019 - The announcement that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will terminate the Flores Settlement Agreement is extraordinarily troubling. We are gravely concerned about the families, and particularly the children, who will face indeterminable amounts of time in detention and the emotional and psychological effects this will impose…
The Familia Lopez: A SNAP story
Story - January 19, 2021 - By Luz E Acosta, Supervisor at the Center for Working Families, Catholic Charities of Southeast Michigan When Elvia Lopez arrived in Michigan she had two kids, she was feeling very alone. Even though she had some acquaintances in town, Elvia felt lost. She didn’t speak English and didn’t know anything about this new country. It was…