Join Maryknoll at the Border this October
Continue your engagement with migration on the U.S.-Mexico border this fall!
New Series Explores Migration and the Church
A new webinar series, Migration and Human Rights: A Perspective from Hope, launched in June.
Bearing Witness on the Hill: Protecting Refugees
An inside look at how faith leaders and refugees bring personal stories and policy facts to policymakers in DC.
Nativism: A Global Trend Adversely Impacting Refugees
As the 1951 Refugee Convention marks its 75th anniversary, a global surge in nativism and strict immigration policies is creating a hostile environment for refugees and asylum seekers.
Joint Letter Opposing Forced Relocation of Afghan Allies to the DRC
MOGC joins an open letter opposing a potential plan to send Afghan refugees who aided the U.S. war effort to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Resources in NewsNotes May-Jun 2026
Statements, guides, videos, fact sheets and more…
Haiti Deserves to be Free
The worsening humanitarian crisis and shifting U.S. immigration policies threaten to push Haiti further to the brink.
Remaining CDC PEPFAR Programs Face Funding Cliff
As PEPFAR faces funding restrictions under shifting U.S. global health policy, millions of lives are at stake across dozens of countries. Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns Program Associate Fellow Mark Joyce reports.
Immigrant Paperwork Trap Fuels Arrests
A recent investigation by the Cato Institute reveals that the Trump administration has fundamentally altered the role of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), shifting it from processing applications for citizenship, green cards, work permits, and asylum to assisting arrests of legal immigrants by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Joint Leadership Statement on U.S. Immigration Policy
The Maryknoll Organizations issued the following statement on March 19.
Joint Statement on US plan to send Cuban migrants to Guantánamo
Maryknoll joins 85 other US and international human rights organizations to urge the U.S. government to reject the plan for a Guantánamo camp for Cuban migrants.
Maryknoll Joint Leadership Statement on U.S. Immigration Policy
Maryknoll Family Calls for Compassion, Rejects “Systematic Erosion” of Migrant Protections
Joint Statement to DHS in support of Haitian TPS
59 Organizations, including MOGC, Urge DHS to Bring New Leadership on Haitian TPS.
Bishops Across Americas Name Shared Concerns
Eleven Catholic Bishops from the United States, Canada, and Latin America met in Tampa, Florida, for a biennial gathering aimed at strengthening continental unity.
Praying With Our Feet For Immigrant Rights
A season of holy resistance by faith groups is in full swing in Washington, D.C., against current federal immigration enforcement practices and funding.
Witnessing ‘Neighborism’ amid the Siege of Minnesota
As U.S. federal immigration enforcement turned violent, a civic culture of “neighborism” emerged in the Twin Cities. Greg Darr, Vocations Minister for the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, reports from Minnesota.
Maryknoll OGC Urges Congress to Protect Refugees
More than 80 faith and social service organizations asked Congress to defend the legal status of refugees in the United States from increasing efforts by the Trump administration to terminate refugee status, remove protections, and stop processing green card applications.
Faith-filled Resistance to Immigration Enforcement
Faith-based organizations across the United States are mobilizing in response to the Trump administration’s heightened immigration enforcement.
