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Activists and DACA recipients are seen in New York City Feb. 15. (CNS photo/Shannon Stapleton, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Michael J. Dowling
The Irish and the Mexicans, the Indians and the Cubans, the Chinese and the Dominicans: Today, we celebrate their achievements.
President Donald Trump reviews border wall prototypes on March 13 in San Diego. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Politics & SocietyNews
J.D. Long García
As Trump touts border wall in California, skeptics say it misses the point.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrest a man in San Clemente, Calif., May 11, 2017 (CNS photo/Lucy Nicholson, Reuters).
Politics & SocietyNews
J.D. Long García
“There has been fear for years, but with the new administration, it is more severe.”
FaithNews
Catholic News Service
Sister Norma Pimentel has given her life to welcoming Christ in the immigrant and refugee.
Sisters of Mercy and others pray inside the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington Feb. 27 during a "Catholic Day of Action for Dreamers" protest to press Congress to protect "Dreamers." (CNS photo/Bob Roller)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Colleen Dulle
Millennials need to acknowledge that our parents’ generation will not be able to lead the way forever.
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The last government shutdown -- well, threatened shutdown, anyway -- seems so long ago. The nine-hour "funding lapse" of Feb. 9, like the three-day shutdown that began Jan. 20, hinged on how Congress was going to address the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that President Donald Trump said he would end March 5. He also called on Congress to pass a measure to save the program, created in 2012 by President Barack Obama via executive order. In the January shutdown, Democrati
Politics & SocietyNews
Mark Pattison - Catholic News Service
In the January shutdown, Democratic lawmakers backed down on their threat to keep the government closed until a DACA deal was reached. ment funded through March 23 was overshadowed by the $1 trillion spending package of which it was a part.