A large sign reads “Ya estás en tu país and con tu gente”: “You are now in your country and with your people.” I imagine it is a bittersweet welcome.

Forecasters expected Matthew to dump up to 30 inches of rain in most communities, with some locales receiving up to 40 inches.

Haitian Senator Nenel Cassy described the situation as “truly catastrophic.”

I could not help but think: What if these were the images that came to mind when Americans heard Muslim refugees?

Images of drowned babies washing ashore in Libya have circulated widely.

On the Feast Day of Mother Cabrini, the patron saint of immigrants, a call to make room for today's migrants and refugees.