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STATEMENTS AND LETTERS ABOUT COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM

If you are aware of any other statement featuring the issue of Comprehensive Immigration Reform and/or the Justice for Immigrants Campaign please submit its information to our national office here.

Most Reverend Bishop John C. Wester Statement on US

Congress' 2008 Economic Stimulus Package

 

Bishops' Letter to ICE and Department of Homeland Security

February 11, 2008

 

Catholic Organizations' Letter to House of Representatives in Opposition to H.R. 4088

 

Most Reverend Bishop John C. Wester

Aquinas Lecture at the University of Utah

January 27, 2008

 

Most Reverend Bishop Howard J. Hubbard, Bishop of Albany article on

Respect Life Month, October 2007

 

Multi-Denominational Op-Ed

In The Light of Love (English and Spanish)

 

Statement of Most Reverend Gerald R. Barnes
On
Immigration Enforcement Initiatives

 September 27, 2007

 

Statement on the Recent Incidents in Chaparral, New Mexico

Most Rev. Ricardo Ramírez, C.S.B.

Bishop of Las Cruces

September 20, 2007

 

Statement of Most Reverend Thomas Wenski, Bishop of Orlando Florida before the Subcommittee on Human Rights and Law of

Senate Judiciary Committee

September 19, 2007

 

USCCB / Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, Bishop of Brooklyn, NY

 

Labor Day Statement 2007

 

Sisters of Mercy Statement on

 

Failure of Immigration Reform

 

LCWR and CMSM Statement on

 

Failure of Immigration Reform

 

 

STATEMENT REGARDING THE FAILURE OF

THE SENATE’S COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM BILL

 

Cardinal Roger Mahony

Archbishop of Los Angeles

 June 29, 2007

 

Most Reverend Michael P. Driscoll, Bishop of Boise

 

Pastoral Statement on Immigration

 

Statement of Most Reverend Gerald R. Barnes

Bishop of San Bernardino, California

Chairman, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on

Migration

On

Comprehensive Immigration Reform

June 7, 2007

 

Statement by Kevin Appleby, Policy Director of Migration and Refugee Services at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops thanking

 

 

Testimony of Most Reverend Thomas G. Wenski Bishop of Orlando, Florida before

 

 

 

Statement of Most Reverend Gerald R. Barnes

Bishop of San Bernardino, California

Chairman, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on

 

Migration on Senate Compromise Immigration Proposal

May 17, 2007

 Million Prayers Initiative

Most Reverend Thomas G. Wenski's special article to the Orlando Sentinel, May 1st, 2007:

Bishops' Letter to Congress Regarding the White House Immigration Reform Proposal and the STRIVE Act, April 19, 2007:

Bishop Emeritus Augustin Roman's Op-Ed to Miami Herald, April 19, 2007:

Opening Presentation at the Justice for Immigrants Campaign Convening, April 17, 2007 in Washington, DC:

Bishops' Statements in Regards to President Bush's 2007 State of the Union Address (Jan 2007):

Pope Benedict XVI

2007 World Migrant & Refugee Day Message

English - Spanish

 

Bishops' Statements in Regards to the Recent ICE Raids

(Dec 2006):

 

Letter sent by Arch/bishops of Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina to their respective Senators/House members.

A Statement on Immigration Reform

English - Spanish

 

Most Rev. Nicholas DiMarzio, Ph.D., D.D., Bishop of Brooklyn
Chairman, Domestic Policy Committee
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

A Labor Day Reflection on Immigration and Work

English - Spanish

 

U.S. – Mexico Bishops’ Committee on Migration Binational Meeting in the Diocese of Tabasco, Mexico

Statement on Immigration

English - Spanish

 

Catholic Bishops of Arizona

Pastoral Letter on Migration (Bilingual)

 

California Catholic Conference of Bishops

Statement on Immigration Reform

English - Spanish

 

Archdiocese of Cincinnati

Statement by Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk on Immigration Reform

English - Spanish

 

Catholic Bishops of Colorado

Let goodwill drive the discussion

English - Spanish

(The Most Reverend Charles J. Chaput is the Catholic archbishop of Denver, and the Most Reverend Bishop Michael J. Sheridan is bishop of Colorado Springs)

 

Catholic Bishops of Florida

Statement on Comprehensive Immigration Reform

English - Spanish

 

Catholic Bishops of Florida

Pastoral Letter Honoring the Dignity of Work
A Call for Solidarity with Florida’s Farmworkers
and Other Vulnerable Workers

English - Spanish - Creole

 

Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston

Statement from Archbishop Daniel N. DiNardo, D.D., S.T.L.on Comprehensive Immigration Reform: People Before Politics

English - Spanish

 

Catholic Bishops of Georgia

Pastoral Letter on Immigration Reform

English - Spanish

 

Catholic Bishops of Indiana

Pastoral Statement on Immigration

English - Spanish

 

Catholic Conference of Bishops of Iowa

Statement on Immigration Reform

English - Spanish

 

Catholic Conference of Kentucky

Statements on Immigration Reform

English - Spanish

 

Archdiocese of Milwaukee

Statement on Immigration by Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan

English - Spanish

 

Archdiocese of Philadelphia

Statement from Cardinal Justin Rigali on Immigration Reform

English - Spanish

 

Catholic Bishops of New Mexico

Pastoral Statement on Immigration

English - Spanish

 

Catholic Bishops of New York State

Statement on Immigration Reform

English - Spanish

 

Catholic Conference of Ohio

Statement on Immigration Reform

English - Spanish

 

Archdiocese of Omaha

Statement on Immigration

English - Spanish

 

Archdiocese of Philadelphia

Welcoming the Stranger, Welcoming Christ

Statement from Cardinal Justin Rigali on Immigration Reform

 

Cardinal Roger Mahony

Statement on Senate's Defeat of Immigration Reform

 

Archdiocese of St. Louis

Statement on Immigration Reform

English - Spanish

 

Diocese of Spokane, Washington

Statement from Bishop William S. Skylstad on Immigration Reform

English - Spanish

 

Diocese of Trenton

Statement by Bishop John M. Smith

English - Spanish

 

Diocese of Venice in Florida

Statement from Bishop John J. Nevins, D.D.
English -
Spanish

 

Catholic Bishops of Virginia

Statement on Comprehensive Immigration Reform

English - Spanish

OTHER:

U.S. Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph

Statement on Immigration

English - Spanish

 

Irish Apostolate USA

Statement on Immigration

English - Spanish

 

Jesuit Conference

House and Senate Should Seek a Just Reconciliation of Immigration Bills

English - Spanish

 

Sisters of Mercy of the Americas

Sisters of Mercy Advocate for Compassionate U.S. Immigration Policy

English - Spanish

 

Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR).

Immigration: Welcoming the Stranger Today

English - Spanish

 

NETWORK

Statement on Immigration Reform

English - Spanish

 

Knights of Columbus

Resolution on U.S. immigration policy adopted by the Knights of Columbus Board of Directors in Charleston, S.C.

English - Spanish

 

Maryknoll Fathers & Brothers General Council, Maryknoll Sisters Congregational Leadership Team, and the Maryknoll Lay Missioners Association Leadership Team

Statement on U.S. immigration

English - Spanish

 

Immigration Reform and the Catholic Church

By Donald Kerwin, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.

Four-page article

English - Spanish

 

The Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States

Statement Calling for Comprehensive Immigration Reform

English - Spanish

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