STATEMENTS AND LETTERS
ABOUT COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM
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Comprehensive Immigration Reform and/or the Justice for Immigrants
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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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