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USCCB Chairman commends U.S. Senate for passage of comprehensive immigration reform

Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, archbishop of Los Angeles, CA, and chairman of the USCCB Committee  on Migration, today commended the U.S. Senate for passage of comprehensive immigration reform  legislation. The U.S. Senate passed S. 744, the Border Security, Economic Competitiveness, and I
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June 28, 2013
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Senate Urged To Improve And Approve Immigration Reform Legislation

WASHINGTON— As the U.S. Senate begins debate on immigration reform legislation this week, Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Migration, urged Congress to approve S. 744, the Border Security, Economic
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June 17, 2013
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USCCB Chair Applauds Passage Of Immigration Reform Bill Out Of Committee

From the USCCB —Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Migration, today applauded approval by the Senate Judiciary Committee of S. 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Moderniz
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May 31, 2013
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Bishops Greet Supreme Court Decision On Immigration With Hope, Caution

In a press release from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops: WASHINGTON—The U.S. bishops greeted with hope and caution the June 25 Supreme Court decision to strike down provisions of an Arizona immigration law that would have allowed warrantless arrests of people suspecte
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June 26, 2012
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Estas son las Mañanitas…of the Hispanic Bishops

The Hispanic/Latino Bishops of the United States greeted us early today, the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, with their own very special version of the “Mañanitas,” a letter to immigrants. Signed by 33 bishops, the letter was released simultaneously from Los Angeles and Sa
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December 12, 2011
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Loving Our Neighbors: Taking a Stand on Immigration Reform

The Catechism of the Catholic Church instructs, “The more prosperous nations are obliged, to the extent they are able, to welcome the foreigner in search of the security and the means of livelihood which he cannot find in his country of origin” (CCC no. 2241).
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September 07, 2011
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‘Every human being possesses inherent dignity, regardless of his or her immigration status’

Mark Shea, Esq., Administrator of the Immigration Program at Catholic Social Services in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, testified before the House State Government Committee today regarding the impact “attrition through enforcement” has on immigrant families, particularl
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August 31, 2011
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Catholic Church’s role in immigration debate

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Migration and Refugee Services (USCCB/MRS) has partnered with The Catholic University of America to develop an educational website that highlights the significant role that the U.S. Catholic bishops and the institutional Church in the
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May 13, 2010
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Bishops urge Congress to resume work on health care reform

The U.S. bishops called on Congress to continue to work on health care reform to provide access for everyone, protection of life at all stages and conscience rights. The call came in a January 26 letter signed by Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Galveston- Houston, chair of the Committee on
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January 27, 2010
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Senate health care reform bill ‘deficient’

The current health care reform bill is “deficient” and should not move forward without “essential changes,” the chairmen of three committees of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops said December 22.
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December 23, 2009
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