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Welcoming weary migrants with care and compassion
https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/stories/welcoming-weary-migrants-with-care-and-compassion/
Story - August 12, 2015 - When thousands of weary migrants, mostly unaccompanied minors, crossed the U.S.-Mexico border in the summer of 2014, the Catholic Charities network responded, providing these weary and desperate travelers with a place to rest, food, medical care, clothes, supplies, and, above all, compassion. After being apprehended by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) and then released…
Removing extreme tattoos frees people to forge new life paths
Story - August 11, 2015 - The Tattoo Removal program of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Monterey, CA works to help people who want to forge a new path in life by removing their most egregious tattoos-tattoos with dark meanings such as gang symbols, swastikas, profane words and phrases, racist slogans, macabre images, and marks that signal violence, abuse, and…
U.S. Catholic community supports robust use of TPS
News - July 19, 2022 - Alexandria, Va. – In a letter to the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State, U.S. Catholic leaders expressed gratitude for several recent country designations for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and called for the same status for additional countries that are experiencing armed conflict, environmental disasters and other dangerous conditions. Catholic Charities USA…
CCUSA responds to SCOTUS ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson
https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/2022/06/24/ccusa-response-to-scotus-ruling-in-dobbs-v-jackson/
News - June 24, 2022 - Alexandria, Va — In response to today’s Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, CCUSA issued the following: As we have since our founding more than 100 years ago, CCUSA remains committed to walking in solidarity with all those who come to our doors, whether they are girls or women in crisis pregnancies or…
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 responds to administration’s decision to end Title 42
https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/2022/04/01/ccusa-responds-to-end-of-title-42/
News - April 1, 2022 - (Alexandria, Va.) — Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) issued the following statement in response to the administration’s decision to end Title 42, the emergency rule authorizing U.S. immigration authorities to expel migrants and asylum-seekers: “While Catholic Charities USA appreciates the administration’s decision to end Title 42, we encourage officials to implement the change in an orderly…
CCUSA commends designation of Afghanistan for Temporary Protected Status
News - March 16, 2022 - Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) applauds today’s decision by the Department of Homeland Security to designate Afghanistan for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months. This designation will protect Afghans already residing in the United States as of March 15, 2022, and permit them to remain in the U.S. instead of returning to their homeland amid…
CCUSA concerned by reimplementation of “Remain in Mexico” program
News - December 6, 2021 - Alexandria, Va. — Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) is disappointed and concerned by the U.S. government’s reimplementation of the Migration Protection Protocols (MPP), commonly known as the “Remain in Mexico” program. CCUSA urges the administration to continue to take steps to end this policy so that people fleeing life-threatening conditions in their home countries may find…
CCUSA and USCCB urge humane treatment of Haitians, other migrants
News - September 22, 2021 - WASHINGTON—Over the last several weeks, there has been a substantial increase in the number of migrants present in the Del Rio Sector of the U.S.-Mexico border, roughly 145 miles west of San Antonio. The majority of these individuals are Haitian nationals, many of whom have been living in or traveling through Latin America for varying…
CCUSA applauds USDA’s billion-dollar investment to help food insecure
News - June 7, 2021 - Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) applauds USDA’s $1 billion investment to purchase healthy food for food-insecure Americans and build food bank capacity. This funding will be made available to help support the expansion of food distribution programs across every state and territory and potentially increase local agency storage and refrigeration capacity and address the growing need…
Women religious volunteer at US-Mexico border
https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/2021/06/01/women-religious-volunteer-at-us-mexico-border/
News - June 1, 2021 - Alexandria, Va. — Sister Donna Markham OP, PhD, president and CEO of CCUSA, in collaboration with Sister Carol Zinn SSJ, executive director of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), invited LCWR members to join Catholic Charities agencies in welcoming asylum seekers entering the country at the southern border. The sisters responded immediately and generously…
CCUSA praises redesignation of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians
News - May 24, 2021 - Alexandria, Va. — Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) praises the Biden Administration’s decision over the weekend to grant a new 18-month designation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to persons from Haiti. Sister Donna Markham OP, PhD, President and CEO of CCUSA said, “Granting TPS recognizes the continued poverty-stricken conditions of Haiti and relieves those living here…