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J.D. Long García is a senior editor at America.
Demonstrators in San Diego rally in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program on June 18. (CNS photo/Mike Blake, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyNews Analysis
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The Supreme Court has given a reprieve to DACA recipients worried about deportation. But J.D. Long-García reports that they will not rest until they secure a pathway to citizenship.
 (CNS photo/Michael Falco, Fordham University)
Politics & SocietyNews
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Institutions of higher learning in the United States had expected a drop in international enrollment this fall. Now, they may lose all international students who typically pay higher tuition rates, a source of funding many universities have come to depend on.
President Donald Trump greets Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Politics & SocietyNews Analysis
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President Trump seemed to acknowledge the problematic beginning of his relationship with President López Obrador when he said their friendship developed “against all odds.”
In this Dec. 15, 2018, file photo, Honduran asylum seekers are taken into custody by U.S. Border Patrol agents in San Diego. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File)
Politics & SocietyNews
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Today’s court decision removes any judicial check on the Trump administration’s efforts to fast-track the deportations of asylum seekers who cannot show strong evidence of persecution in their home countries.
FaithShort Take
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This year, pitchers will not hit—not in the American League nor in the National League. Experts speculate this will lead to a permanent change in baseball.
FaithFeatures
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New ministries are trying to help Latino L.G.B.T. Catholics and their families understand each other by working at the intersection of faith, culture and sexuality, reports J.D. Long-García. The first step is talking openly and honestly.
FaithDispatches
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It is not uncommon to see a Tesla or a Lexus among the cars in line for food donations at parishes in the diocese.
The numbers show that Catholic print publications are still an effective means of communication. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn) 
FaithShort Take
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The trend toward digital content is inevitable, writes J.D. Long-García, but the church must take advantage of the deeper engagement that is unique to print publications.
Photo: Gabriel Benois/Unsplash
FaithGoodNews
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Helping parishes learn how to livestream. Writing letters. Youth ministry has changed during the coronavirus pandemic.
Francisco Ramírez delivers grocery donations in a neighborhood with a large immigrant population in the Bronx, New York, on April 18. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Politics & SocietyNews
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Nearly 20 million immigrants work in health care, farm work and other jobs that are critical to the nation, writes J.D. Long-García, but many are shut out of assistance programs during the coronavirus pandemic.