Court orders Trump administration to accept new DACA applications

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to begin accepting new applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals programme, or DACA. Judge Paul W. Grimm of the US District Court for the District of Maryland said his order “restores the DACA policy to its pre-5th September 2017 status”, referring to the day the Trump... Read More

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July 2, 2020

Judge strikes down Trump administration’s ‘third-country asylum rule’

A federal judge ruled the Trump administration unlawfully implemented its 2019 policy to turn away asylum-seekers if they don’t first seek protection in countries along their way to the United States. Judge Timothy J. Kelly of the US District Court for the District of Columbia said the policy might have been legal but the administration... Read More

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June 15, 2020

White House to issue more stringent asylum rules

Faith groups and other immigrant supporters are bracing for an announcement from the White House that may further limit those seeking asylum in the US. Trump administration officials are soon expected to announce the changes, which may eliminate multiple grounds under which people can be granted asylum, allow immigration judges to reject asylum applications without... Read More

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February 4, 2020

Six African and Asian countries affected by new US travel restrictions

Catholic leaders in the United States said a Trump administration plan to limit the issuance of immigrant visas for people from six African and Asian nations “undermines family reunification” and will make it more difficult to support migrants forced from their homeland. “We note with particular sadness and have witnessed firsthand the trauma of family... Read More

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July 16, 2019

Trump administration to apply ‘third country’ rule for asylum seekers

The Trump administration announced the US departments of Justice and Homeland Security are adopting an interim “third country rule” requiring immigrants seeking asylum at the US-Mexico border to first apply for refugee status in another country. News that the rule will take effect today, 16th July, brought quick condemnation by Catholic and other immigrant advocates,... Read More

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June 20, 2019

House urged to reject spending bill that would overturn pro-life policies

The US House of Representatives has begun debate on a bill that will overturn at least nine pro-life policies, including reinstating taxpayer-funded abortion domestically and abroad, according to Republican Rep. Chris Smith of New Jersey. The bill is H.R. 2740, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. The... Read More

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September 28, 2018

US urged to end funding of research using tissue from aborted babies

The chairman of the US bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities praised a decision by the US secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to end a Food and Drug Administration contract with a company “whose business is to procure aborted baby parts for research.” After this important “first step,” it “remains incumbent” on... Read More

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