Today, nine Catholic bishops with the US Conference of Catholic Bishops held a powerful mass at Nogales on the US-Mexico border to pray for immigration reform and commemorate those who have died in attempted crossings. Hundreds of people were estimated to be in attendance, a high school band played, people...
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View pictures and tweets here. Yesterday, nine Catholic bishops from the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Committee on Migration journeyed to Nogales for a tour of the US-Mexico border. Today, they will hold a special mass at the border starting at 11:30 AM ET to commemorate the thousands of...
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The Pope and President Obama are scheduled to meet tomorrow — and thanks to one Los Angeles girl, one of the things they talk about may be US deportations. Last week, a delegation of 20 people from California traveled to the Vatican with the goal of meeting the pope...
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Immigration reform is an economic issue and a political issue — but it is also a moral issue, one that calls for compassion in the face of so many deportations, and action so that our broken immigration system stops separating families. That’s why polls have found people of faith...
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On the World Day of Migrants and Refugees, Pope Francis said in a message that more host countries around the world should welcome and respect immigrants and not treat them as “pawns on the chessboard of humanity.” As he said in the message, according to Reuters: They are children,...
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Bibles, Badges, and Business–a project of the National Immigration Forum–has been busy this August, holding dozens of events in key districts around the nation to push for immigration reform. The effort brings faith, law enforcement, and business leaders together in order to persuade members of Congress that immigration reform...
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Today is the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, when Martin Luther King and other civil rights leaders announced their dream for a future of equality. Church World Service—a faith group that 50 years ago provided blankets to all those who came to Washington—has an op-ed in the...
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Support From Across Spectrum, Money and Polling Favor Proponents; Opposition is a “Paper Tiger” A CBS News headline asks “Are the tides turning for immigration reform in the House?” and then lists numerous reasons why those who support broad immigration reform have the strong upper hand: It was only...
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Last summer, a group called the “Nuns on the Bus” traveled nearly 3,000 miles through nine states to protest Republican budget plans, and this year they’re back—fighting in support of immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship. This week in New York, with the Statue of Liberty in the...
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The following is a press statement from the National Immigration Forum and Sojourners: As momentum builds in support of broad, commonsense immigration reform, the Evangelical Immigration Table announced today its newest and largest paid-media campaign to reach evangelicals on the issue of immigration. On a press call today, national...
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