by An Hoang Vu, SJ | Jul 27, 2020 | Art, Current Events, Film, Immigration, Pop Culture ~ Approx. 4 mins
On July 17th, 2010, a plane from Taipei landed in LAX. I was one of four immigrants among the passengers who were waiting to make their very first steps on the (cemented) soil of America. I felt confusion and emptiness. There was a lingering question, “What am I...
by Jeackson Vargas, SJ | Jul 7, 2020 | Current Events, Economics, Global Catholicism, Immigration, In the News ~ Approx. 3 mins
We all have been affected in multiple ways by this COVID-19 pandemic. The reality of this hard situation has forced us to change our lives and daily routines. As I look at this situation from my community in Bogotá, Colombia, there are certain brothers and sisters who...
by Kevin Kuehl | Jun 22, 2020 | Immigration, In the News, Justice ~ Approx. 4 mins
Haga clic aquí para español. Nineteen years is a long time to hold onto the uncertain hope that a dream will come true. Although it has seen many iterations, the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors or DREAM Act first appeared nearly two decades ago in...
by Ángel Flores Fontánez | Nov 25, 2019 | Faith & Politics, Immigration, Justice, Race, US Bishops ~ Approx. 4 mins
(Haga clic aqui para español.) On October 13, two months after the deadly shooting at a Walmart in the city of El Paso, bishop Mark Joseph Seitz published a pastoral letter about racism from the standpoint of the people in the borderlands: Night Will Be No More, A...
by Daniel Mascarenhas, SJ | Oct 28, 2019 | Faith & Politics, Immigration, In the News, Justice ~ Approx. 4 mins
A response to “Should A Catholic Support Immigration Reform?” by Brian Strassburger, S.J. Do we need immigration reform? Absolutely yes. Despite the presence of deep political and ideological divisions in this country, nearly everyone agrees that we need a better...
