Bishop Seitz, El Paso leaders, advocates challenge Trump’s immigration policy changes
The Diocese of El Paso, joined by community leaders and advocates, gathered Thursday, Jan. 23 on the steps of St. Patrick Cathedral in Central El Paso to challenge President Donald Trump’s directives relating to immigration policy in his first few days in office.
El Paso bishop calls Trump immigration orders ‘contrary to the moral law’
We urge President Trump to pivot from these enforcement-only policies to just and merciful solutions,” wrote Bishop Mark Seitz, USCCB migration committee chair.
Bishops condemn Trump's immigration orders for stoking fear, anxiety
Catholic advocacy groups, southern border dioceses and the U.S. bishops' conference are expressing deep concern after President Trump signed a series of executive orders targeting immigration on his first week in the Oval Office.
Bishop urges mercy for immigrants, Trump calls her “nasty”
President Donald Trump began his first full day in office attending a prayer service at the Washington National Cathedral on Tuesday and got a sermon he may not have been expecting: an appeal to protect immigrants and respect gay rights.
Catholic bishop weighs in on Trump's immigration crackdown
A growing number of Catholic Church leaders are criticizing President Trump's immigration crackdown. Bishop Mark J. Seitz, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Migration,
Trump wants apology for bishop's sermon on immigrant, LGBTQ+ rights
President Trump says he wants an apology after a bishop publicly called on him to "have mercy" on immigrants and the LGBTQ+ community.
Bishop criticized by Trump after asking for mercy for immigrants at prayer service
In a prayer service on Tuesday for the new president at the National Cathedral, the Episcopal bishop of the Diocese of Washington, D.C., took the opportunity to ask President Donald Trump for mercy for immigrants and the LGBTQ community.
Pastor discusses Trump and bishop's interaction over immigration policies
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde says she will continue to pray for President Trump after he lashed out at her for her plea for mercy to immigrants at a post-inauguration prayer service on Tuesday. The reverend said she doesn't consider Mr.
'El Paso is welcoming': Bishop Seitz condemns reversal of policy against ICE church raids
El Paso diocese and county condemned President Trump's reversal of sensitive locations policy, which protected churches and ...
Trump won’t ban immigration arrests at churches. Now NYC clergy are weighing how to resist
Numerous faith leaders across the U.S. say the immigration crackdown launched by President Donald Trump’s new administration ...
El Paso Bishop, community leaders react to Trump's border orders
The El Paso Rev. Bishop Mark Seitz along with other community leaders held a press conference outside the St. Patrick Cathedral on Thursday to comment on Presid ...
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Bishop Seitz, El Paso leaders speak on recent immigration policy changes
El Paso Bishop Mark J. Seitz along with other community leaders will be holding a press conference on Thursday, Jan. 23 at St. Patrick Cathedral to address the several ...
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Trump administration reverses policy to permit ICE arrests at churches
This action empowers the brave men and women in CBP and ICE to enforce immigration laws and catch criminal aliens who have ...
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Bishop says Trump’s efforts against immigrants ‘strikes fear’ in border communities
President Donald Trump’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants in the United States has raised “urgent moral and human ...
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Activists to ‘resist’ Trump through know-your-rights campaign
The pulse of El Paso’s immigrant community can be felt through the calls streaming into a small white “BNHR” building on ...
How Trump's mass deportation plans directly impact Houston churches
Catholic Bishop Mark Seitz in West Texas says the Trump administration's mass-deportation plan "strikes fear into the heart of our community." ...
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OPINION: Whatever your faith, wherever you come from, your anxieties and fears are our own
The Diocese of El Paso will continue to educate our faithful on their rights, provide legal services and work to mitigate the damage of immigration enforcement.