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Archbishop Samuel Aquila of Denver leads hundreds in the Stations of the Cross outside an ICE detention center in Aurora, Colorado, on Nov. 22, 2025.

Bishops lead Stations of the Cross at Colorado ICE center, urges dignity for migrants

Nov 25, 2025

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

Archbishop Samuel Aquila and Auxiliary Bishop Jorge Rodriguez led hundreds of Catholics in the Stations of the Cross outside the... Read more

Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson (right) speaks during a press conference following a shooting at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in Dallas on Sept. 24, 2025. A detainee was killed and two were wounded in a sniper attack Wednesday on an ICE facility in Dallas, officials said.

Catholic bishops, politicians call for prayer after shooting at ICE facility in Dallas

Sep 24, 2025

By Amira Abuzeid

Politicians and bishops are calling for prayer and an end to political violence after two ICE detainees were killed and... Read more

Archbishop José Gómez of Los Angeles greets perpetual pilgrims of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angeles in Los Angeles, California, on June 22, 2025.

Los Angeles Archdiocese launches aid program for immigrant families in crisis

Jul 24, 2025

By Amira Abuzeid

Archbishop José H. Gómez has announced a new initiative of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles to support parishes in providing... Read more

LAPD rally as a curfew takes effect in Los Angeles on June 10, 2025, following days of protests in response to federal immigration operations that saw clashes spread across downtown.

Los Angeles archbishop calls for day of prayer, Mass for peace and unity amid riots

Jun 11, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

The archbishop has instructed parishes across the archdiocese to hold special Masses for peace and unity, encouraging Catholics and non-Catholics... Read more

The Cathedral of the Incarnation in Nashville, Tennessee.

Nashville petition calls for release of Catholic man arrested by immigration officers

May 15, 2025

By Daniel Payne

Catholics in Nashville, Tennessee, are calling for the release of a man arrested by immigration officials last week amid efforts... Read more

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Judge denies religious groups’ suit to halt immigrant arrests at churches, worship sites

Apr 15, 2025

By Daniel Payne

U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich said in an April 11 memorandum opinion that the religious plaintiffs had “not established a... Read more

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'Expedited' investigation ordered over alleged ICE detainee hysterectomies

Sep 17, 2020

By Matt Hadro

The acting director of U.S. immigration services has ordered an expedited investigation into allegations that hysterectomies were performed on immigrant women in federal... Read more

ICE denies claims of forcing Muslim detainees to eat pork 

Aug 20, 2020

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has denied wrongdoing following allegations that Muslim detainees at a Miami facility are regularly... Read more

Government to update court on parental reunions as Catholics cite dignity of families

Jul 19, 2018

By Christine Rousselle

Government officials are due in federal court Friday to deliver a list of parents held in ICE detention considered ineligible... Read more

Volunteers unload boxes of donations for immigrant families at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Morristown, Tenn.

Tennessee parish responds to immigration raid with support, prayer

Jun 25, 2018

By Hannah Brockhaus

The April day nearly 100 workers were taken into custody in the country’s largest worksite immigration raid in a decade,... Read more

After major immigration raid, Ohio bishop decries 'broken system'

Jun 7, 2018

The U.S. immigration system is broken and in need of reform, said the Bishop of Cleveland after more than 100... Read more

Judge halts deportations of Chaldean Christians to Iraq

Jun 23, 2017

By Matt Hadro

A district court judge on Thursday halted the deportation of more than 100 Iraqis, including many Chaldean Christians, who were... Read more

As Iraqi Christians await deportation, bishop points to suffering Body of Christ

Jun 15, 2017

By Matt Hadro

Advocates for Chaldean Christians detained by federal immigration enforcement are in a race against time to halt their deportation back... Read more

Immigration arrests stun Detroit's Chaldean Catholics

Jun 12, 2017

By Matt Hadro

Dozens of Chaldean Christians were arrested by federal immigration officials over the weekend in the Detroit metropolitan area, leaving the... Read more