Rhina Guidos

A Ukrainian family who was repeatedly denied entry into the U.S. by Border Patrol agents at the U.S.-Mexico border was allowed entry March 10, bringing back debate about a public health measure that keeps migrants out.

Representatives from the business sector, faith groups and grassroots organizations that support immigration reform sent Congress a letter March 2, a day after President Biden's first State of the Union address, urging lawmakers to act on immigration because "simply put, the system is broken."

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The Supreme Court heard arguments Feb. 23 on whether Biden administration officials sought sufficient public comment and gave notice before ditching a Trump-era rule that denies a green card to recent immigrants who may need economic assistance.

For some U.S. prelates, such as Bishop Robert J. Brennan of Brooklyn, New York, the Feb. 24 news of Russia's invasion of Ukraine hit close to home.

As war broke out in Europe Feb. 24, with Russia's early morning attacks on various parts of Ukraine, Catholics in the U.S. joined Pope Francis in prayers for the people of the East European nation and for peace.

The justices on the country's highest court have agreed to hear a case that could decide the fate of a Trump-era immigration policy that Biden administration officials have been trying to end.

Faith-based organizations called on the Biden administration Feb. 17 to combat "anti-Black racism in the U.S. immigration system."

With help from the church in the U.S. and elsewhere, Venezuela's Catholics have maintained ministries among the country's most downtrodden. Yet the church struggles to maintain its work in some institutions.

The archbishop of Miami said Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida had hit a "new low" after the politician said it was "disgusting" to compare Cubans who fled the island-nation as unaccompanied minors in the 1960s with present waves of migrant children from Central America.

Republicans are divided on an immigration bill introduced by members of their own party that would grant citizenship to millions who are in the country without legal permission.

Members of El Salvador's ruling party face criticism and ridicule after questioning the rector of Jesuit-run Central American University.

Recent survey finds a majority favored a path to citizenship for those who are in the country without legal permission

Immigration supporters say that while they welcomed President Joe Biden's 2020 election, when it comes to immigration policy, his administration, a year into its first term, has left much to be desired.

At a Jan. 22 ceremony to beatify four martyrs from El Salvador, including Jesuit Fr. Rutilio Grande, Salvadoran Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chavez said the four had "come from the great tribulation" of the country's horrific period of violence and civil war.

Biden administration officials announced Jan. 3 additional legal help for migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. who are being forced to stay in Mexico under a Trump-era policy that has been difficult to revoke.

Proceedings before a criminal trial involving former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick will continue March 3 in Massachusetts, where he faces three counts of sexually assaulting a teenager in the 1970s. 

For most migrants and their supporters, 2021 looks as if it will end much like it started.

Bishop Mark J. Seitz wanted to get "a pulse," he said, of what people are experiencing days after the Biden administration restarted a Trump-era program that keeps migrants on the other side of the border as they wait for their asylum claims to be heard.

The head of the U.S. embassy in El Salvador said the diplomatic mission in the country has turned over all pertinent documents the U.S. has on the case.