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J.D. Long García is a senior editor at America.
Pedro Narez from St. Gabirel Parish in Hopkins, Minn., in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis prays April 13 during the Region VIII encuentro at Arrowwood Resort and Conference Center in Alexandria, Minn. (CNS photo/Dianne Towalski, The Catholic Spirit)
FaithNews
J.D. Long García
Overall, about 40 percent of U.S. Catholics are Hispanic, according to the survey.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
J.D. Long García
Attorney General Jeff Sessions is reviewing a case decided by the Board of Immigration Appeals involving a Salvadoran woman who received asylum due to fleeing domestic abuse in her country.
In this June 15, 2010, file photo, immigration reform advocates march around the Federal Courthouse in downtown Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
J.D. Long García
Plans to halt a Bush-era legal program have been suspended, at least for the moment.
Young protesters call for an immigration bill to address the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program at a rally in 2017 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (CNS photo/Joshua Roberts, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyNews
J.D. Long García
Archbishop Gomez called the USA Act a “good-faith compromise.”
Ten priests at the conclusion of their ordination Mass on May 27, 2017, at the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul, Minn. (CNS photo/Dave Hrbacek, The Catholic Spirit)
FaithDispatches
J.D. Long García
New data shows the average age of a new priest at 33; the most common countries for foreign-born ordinands are Mexico, Vietnam, the Philippines and Colombia.
Immigrants just released from detention via a U.S. immigration policy known as "catch and release" stand at a bus station April 11 before being taken to the Catholic Charities relief center in McAllen, Texas. (CNS photo/Loren Elliott, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyNews
J.D. Long García
The Legal Orientation Program, which President George W. Bush put into place in 2003, helps detained immigrants know their rights and legal options.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
J.D. Long García
“They are also separating families, mothers from their children, at the border. That sends a definite signal, ‘Don’t come.’”
Photographer David Taylor talks about his work on the U.S.-Mexico border in studio in Tucson, Ariz. (J.D. Long-García)
Politics & SocietyIdeas
J.D. Long García
In his photography, David Taylor shies away from stereotypes.
Central American migrants traveling with the annual Stations of the Cross caravan march to call for migrants' rights and protest the policies of U.S. President Donald Trump and Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, in Matias Romero, Oaxaca State, Mexico, Tuesday, April 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
J.D. Long García
Once again, our emotions have gotten the best of us on immigration. This time, it is that caravan.
Jesús Rodríguez was deported from the United States more than two years ago; his wife and daughter remain in Vancouver, Wash. (J. D. Long-García)
Politics & SocietyFeatures
J.D. Long García
Away from the rhetoric in Washington, communities on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border are welcoming the stranger and overcoming physical barriers.