Maryknoll letter to Congress: Pass the Dream Act
On November 1, the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns sent a letter to all Members of Congress in support of the Dream Act of 2017.
Migration
Maryknoll missioners have worked with migrants and people on the move for decades. They have served Burmese refugees in Thailand, Filipino and Thai workers all over Asia, Burundian and Rwandan refugees in East Africa, and have accompanied Guatemalans, who, after years in Mexico, returned home to start anew in a more peaceful country. Our faith compels us to stand in solidarity with migrants.
In the United States, we are profoundly affected by the contribution of migrants in our society, and we have a responsibility to treat them, like all the rest of God’s creation, with dignity and respect. Maryknoll missioners work in ministries serving migrants on the U.S.-Mexico border. In our work on U.S. migration policy, we focus on access to asylum and humanitarian protection, refugee aid and resettlement, and access to citizenship.
Maryknoll Joint Leadership Statements on Migration: Toward Global Solidarity (2006) and Statement on the Migrant Caravan (2018)
Policy Brief: Justice for Immigrants and Refugees in U.S. Policy
World Food Day: Zero Hunger Generation
Change the future of migration. Invest in food security and rural development.
Protect immigrants, Save TPS
Ask Congress to protect immigrants with “Temporary Protected Status.”
Ask U.S. House to vote for DREAM Act now
Ask your Representative to support a petition to force a vote on the Dream Act.
Save the Dreamers, Justice for Immigrants
The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns issued the following press statement on September 5, 2017.
Take Action to Save the Dreamers, Save DACA
Ask Congress to pass the Dream Act.
Trafficking of refugee children
Child refugees in Greece desperate to reach other parts of Europe are forced to sell their bodies in order to pay smugglers to help them with their journeys, according to a recent report from Harvard University.
U.S. immigration: ‘We’re all human’
Darrin Mortenson, who serves as the migration fellow for the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, reports on his visit to El Paso, Texas, in July, where he met with some of the Maryknoll missioners who welcome and accompany newly-arrived migrants despite the rising risks and complicated political reality of the U.S.-Mexico “borderlands.” The following article was…
Bishop Seitz’s pastoral letter on immigration
On July 18, just steps from the U.S.-Mexico border, Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, issued a new pastoral letter on the issue of immigration, calling for a moratorium on deportations by the United States until it adopts comprehensive immigration reform.
5 Ways to Take Action for Immigrants
Defend DACA and TPS now!
5 Year Anniversary of DACA
Urge Congress to Save the Dreamers, Save DACA! (From the U.S. Catholic Bishops’ Justice for Immigrants Campaign) The Dream Act of 2017 was recently introduced in the Senate as a bipartisan effort. It is intended to protect immigrant youth who entered the United States as children and know America as their only home. This bill would…
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time
The following reflection was prepared by Judy Coode in 2014, while working with the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns. Ms. Coode is the coordinator of the Catholic Nonviolence Initiative, a project of Pax Christi International.
Take 3 Urgent Actions for Immigrants
Please join us by raising your voice now about three very serious issues.
Opposition to funding for a border wall
On July 25, nearly 100 environmental, faith, immigration, and civil rights organizations sent a letter to the members of the House of Representatives detailed our opposition to funding for the construction of a border wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Africa: Migration trends and patterns
There are numerous influences in Africa pushing and pulling people to migrate either within their country, or across, away from, or into the continent, spreading new ideas and changes in culture.
Central America: U.S. policy denies human rights
The newly unveiled U.S. policy is of little help to Central American families who live in fear.
Building bridges in the age of migration
The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns has begun a process of discernment to decide how best to offer compassion and welcome and promote justice and peace for migrants and refugees.
World Refugee Day 2017
We offer the following resources for study, prayer, and action in support of refugees.