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Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) @cliniclegal.bsky.social · 2d

Last month, we posted the multi-part story of Khaibar Shafaq, an Afghan evacuee who now works as director of migration and refugee services at Catholic Charities, Diocese of Owensboro, Kentucky. 🧵

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Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) @cliniclegal.bsky.social · 1h

On Wednesday, Oct. 1, federal agents landed a helicopter on top of a Chicago apartment building as a part of the Trump administration's "Operation Midway Blitz," arresting 37 people and leaving behind broken windows and open doors.

After military-style raid on South Shore apartments, Congress members rally around residents

Federal agents landed a helicopter on a building Wednesday morning, arrested 37 people and left behind cracked windows and broken doors. Lawmakers seek a halt to all federal immigration enforcement in...

chicago.suntimes.com

Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) @cliniclegal.bsky.social · 1h

In the lead-up to her son's birth, an undocumented Guatemalan immigrant made plans to call 911 for an ambulance to take her from her North Florida home to a hospital about an hour away.

ICE fears put pregnant immigrants and their babies at risk

Fear of deportation is deterring people without permanent legal status from critical care. Doctors are worried for their health — and the health of their pregnancies.

19thnews.org

Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) @cliniclegal.bsky.social · 1h

A security-based perspective continues to dominate coverage of migration. The result is a vicious cycle with the prevailing rhetoric leading people to see migrants as a threat. This leads politicians to double down on hard-line rhetoric and policies.

Migration Is the Key to Global Prosperity

Carlos Alvarado-Quesada & Katrina Burgess offer a roadmap for putting common sense and evidence-based policymaking first in addressing the issue.

www.project-syndicate.org

Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) @cliniclegal.bsky.social · 1h

Unauthorized U.S.-Mexico border crossings in fiscal year 2025 plummeted to the lowest levels since 1970, amid the Trump administration's crackdown on undocumented immigration, internal federal statistics show.

Illegal crossings along U.S.-Mexico border plummet to lowest annual level since 1970

Unlawful crossings on the southern border have hit a 55-year low, according to figures obtained by CBS News — as President Trump cracks down on illegal immigration.

www.cbsnews.com

Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) @cliniclegal.bsky.social · 1h

One in every 67 people on earth has been forced to flee their homes to escape war, violence, persecution, human rights violations, environmental disasters, and severe economic hardship, according to the United Nations Refugee Agency.

Archbishop Weisenburger calls on Catholics to be witnesses of hope for immigrants - Detroit Catholic

During Jubilee of Migrants Mass, archbishop lauds the courage and faith of those forced from their homes, offers apostolic blessing

www.detroitcatholic.com

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 5h

Today, with Bishop Seitz and members of the immigrant community, Hope Border met Pope Leo and gave him messages and a video from those fearing Trump’s mass deportations. ‘The church cannot stay silent before injustice. You stand with me. And I stand with you’, the pope said.

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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 5h

Pope Leo XIV grew emotional as an El Paso delegation led by Bishop Mark Seitz shared migrants’ letters and a video about the fear and pain of possible mass deportations. “You stand with me, and I stand with you,” the pontiff said.

In Vatican meeting with El Pasoans, Pope Leo XIV offers support to migrants facing deportation - El Paso Matters

During a Vatican meeting, Pope Leo XIV expressed solidarity with migrants after hearing firsthand accounts gathered by El Paso’s Hope Border Institute and La Mujer Obrera about the human toll of U.S.…

elpasomatters.org

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Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) @cliniclegal.bsky.social · 2h

Pope Leo XIV Continues To Urge Catholics To Help Migrants #CLINICDaily: mailchi.mp/cliniclegal/...

Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) @cliniclegal.bsky.social · 1d

Sister Norma Pimentel, known as "the immigrants' nun," has directed the Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley Humanitarian Respite Center in McAllen, Texas, for over a decade. The center has provided aid to arriving immigrants seeking U.S. asylum.

America’s ‘immigrants’ nun’ says many are afraid to even go to the supermarket

www.catholicworldreport.com

Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) @cliniclegal.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump administration has clearly set aggressive goals for deporting massive numbers of immigrants. However, this requires far more officers than Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has.

For Trump Administration, Fighting Crime Takes a Backseat to Immigration Arrests

“It’s a good time to be an American-born criminal,” said one expert, as ICE’s dragnet now includes thousands of agents from other federal law enforcement.

www.themarshallproject.org

Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) @cliniclegal.bsky.social · 1d

A federal judge blocked Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from immediately transferring minors into federal immigration detention once they turn 18 years old.

Federal court blocks ICE from detaining unaccompanied minors once they turn 18

The ruling comes a day after ICE confirmed it would offer unaccompanied minors money to self-deport to their home countries.

www.politico.com

Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) @cliniclegal.bsky.social · 1d

Oxford, a town of 20,000 in rural Ohio, boasts an outsized number of foreign restaurants — Chinese, Indian, French, and even Uyghur. This mirrors the international student population at Miami University.

Small US college towns reel amid Trump immigration crackdown: ‘They need international students’

From Ohio to Florida, the US government’s clampdown on students from abroad threatens rural universities and local businesses

www.theguardian.com

Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) @cliniclegal.bsky.social · 1d

On Sunday, Pope Leo XIV urged the world's 1.4 billion Catholics to care for migrants, pressing ahead with a message of welcome just days after criticizing President Donald Trump's hardline immigration policies.

Pope Leo, after Trump critique, urges Catholics to help immigrants

Pope Leo urged the world's 1.4 billion Catholics on Sunday to care for immigrants, pressing ahead with a message of welcome for migrants days after criticizing U.S. President Donald Trump's hard-line anti-immigration policies.

www.reuters.com

Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) @cliniclegal.bsky.social · 1d

Pope Leo XIV Continues To Urge Catholics To Help Migrants #CLINICDaily: mailchi.mp/cliniclegal/...

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Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) @cliniclegal.bsky.social · 1d

In this prayer resource, we invite you to focus on the Sorrowful Mysteries of the rosary, featuring the mysteries of Jesus’ suffering and death on the cross. As we pray, we will offer our prayers and solidarity with immigrants and refugees.

🔗 www.cliniclegal.org/resources/ca...

Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) @cliniclegal.bsky.social · 1d

Check out the latest training offerings from CLINIC! #CLINICTrainings

Click here to learn more and register: mailchi.mp/cliniclegal/...

Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) @cliniclegal.bsky.social · 2d

Join CLINIC for a four-part fundamentals of asylum law webinar series. We will present an overview of asylum law, including withholding of removal, Convention Against Torture protection, bars to such relief, and much more.

🔗 www.cliniclegal.org/training/web...

Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) @cliniclegal.bsky.social · 2d

It was 1 a.m. last Tuesday when 27-year-old Dan Jones was awakened to the sound of federal agents attempting to break down his apartment door. They failed to get past his double lock, so he went back to bed.

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

chicago.suntimes.com

Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) @cliniclegal.bsky.social · 2d

The Trump administration has revived family separations as a way to coerce immigrants and asylum seekers to leave the United States, attorneys and former immigration officials allege.

Trump revives family separations amid drive to deport millions: ‘A tactic to punish’

Family separations were the hallmark of the first Trump administration’s border policy. Now advocates allege migrant families are being split up again as a retaliatory measure

www.theguardian.com

Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) @cliniclegal.bsky.social · 2d

Since its release five years ago, Pope Francis' encyclical, "Fratelli tutti" (Brothers and Sisters All), has proven prophetic, especially the analysis of migration, given the current aggressive mass deportation campaign of President Donald Trump.

Reencountering ‘Fratelli tutti’

Since the release of 'Fratelli tutti' five years ago, the encyclical's call for human fraternity, social friendship, and a culture of encounter has lost none of its salience.

www.commonwealmagazine.org

Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) @cliniclegal.bsky.social · 2d

Apple has removed ICEBlock, which allows users to track and report the locations of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, from its App Store. Fox Business News reported that Attorney General Pam Bondi had requested the removal.

thehill.com

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Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) @cliniclegal.bsky.social · 2d

Detainees arriving at "Alligator Alcatraz," the controversial detention center in the Florida Everglades, are given color-coded uniforms and wristbands and are segregated based on their criminal history and whether they are considered a flight risk, according to a handbook given to the detainees.

Color-coded uniforms and 5:30 a.m. breakfast: A handbook details strict rules "Alligator Alcatraz" detainees face

Detainees arriving at the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades are given color-coded uniforms and segregated based on criminal history and flight risk.

www.cbsnews.com

Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) @cliniclegal.bsky.social · 2d

Analysis of Migration By Pope Francis Is Still Relevant Today #CLINICDaily: mailchi.mp/cliniclegal/...

Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) @cliniclegal.bsky.social · 2d

We are now sharing Part II of Khaibar’s powerful story, detailing the events that followed his arrival to the United States. #NeighborsNotStrangers

🔗 clinic.shorthandstories.com/called-to-se...

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Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) @cliniclegal.bsky.social · 2d

Last month, we posted the multi-part story of Khaibar Shafaq, an Afghan evacuee who now works as director of migration and refugee services at Catholic Charities, Diocese of Owensboro, Kentucky. 🧵

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