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Migration-Related Stories, Op-Eds and Interviews by Catholic Bishops, Arch/Dioceses and Catholic Agency Executives
The Good Newsroom - Archdiocese of New York’s Digital News Platform: Cardinal Dolan on Welcoming Migrants, ‘We Listen to Jesus More Than the Talk Shows’
Notable New Publications, Reports, Films, Articles, Podcasts, Etc.
Center for Migration Studies of New York: The US Immigration Courts, Dumping Ground for the Nation’s Systemic Immigration Failures: The Causes, Composition, and Politically Difficult Solutions to the Court Backlog
The US immigration court system seeks to “fairly, expeditiously, and uniformly administer and interpret US immigration laws.” It represents the first exposure of many immigrants to due process and the rule of law in the United States, and occupies an integral role in the larger US immigration system. Yet it labors under a massive backlog of pending cases that undermines its core goals and objectives. The backlog reached 1.87 million cases in the first quarter of FY 2023. This paper attributes the backlog to systemic failures in the broader immigration system that negatively affect the immigration courts.
U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics: Labor Force Characteristics of Foreign-born Workers
Newly released data from the U.S. Department of Labor shows that the share of foreign-born workers in the U.S. labor force reached a record high in 2022.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Report: Protection and Assistance to Afghan Refugees in Brazil
The arrival of Afghan refugees has mobilized an important expansion of reception facilities aimed at refugees and migrants in the state of São Paulo. Learn about some of the challenges these Afghan refugees face in Brazil.
World Bank: World Development Report 2023: Migrants, Refugees, and Societies
Migration is a development challenge. About 184 million people—2.3 percent of the world’s population—live outside of their country of nationality. Almost half of them are in low- and middle-income countries. But what lies ahead?
As the world struggles to cope with global economic imbalances, diverging demographic trends, and climate change, migration will become a necessity in the decades to come for countries at all levels of income. If managed well, migration can be a force for prosperity and can help achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
World Development Report 2023 proposes an integrated framework to maximize the development impacts of cross-border movements on both destination and origin countries and on migrants and refugees themselves. The framework it offers, drawn from labor economics and international law, rests on a “match and motive” matrix that focuses on two factors: how closely migrants’ skills and attributes match the needs of destination countries and what motives underlie their movements. This approach enables policy makers to distinguish between different types of movements and to design migration policies for each. International cooperation will be critical to the effective management of migration.
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