"Let us think about Patrick the 'unlearned refugee' (as he once described himself), the slave in exile, Patrick the undocumented migrant."

The ruling near the nation's capital was the latest blow to Trump's ban, with a federal judge in Hawaii rejecting the measure on Wednesday.

Catholic Church leaders in the U.S. spent the week of March 6-10 trying to allay fears and urging compassion.

The decisions of our government with regard to immigrants since Jan. 20 have been despicable, and support among Catholics for those decisions embarrassing.

Some estimates suggest that there could be as many as 90,000 unaccompanied refugee minors scattered across Europe.

"Enough is enough," Willem van Vliet said. "We lost our country."