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More immigrants are dying in ICE detention, America Magazine:
Speaking on behalf of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in a statement emailed to America, spokesperson Chieko Noguchi said U.S. bishops “are of course concerned with any deaths in detention facilities and disturbed by the recent reports of the increase in the rates of death. The USCCB has repeatedly discouraged unnecessary detention in favor of more humane, community-based alternatives for nonviolent detainees,” she wrote. “At the very least, the USCCB insists that detainees are consistently provided with their basic needs including regular access to medical care, as well as pastoral and spiritual care, and religious services.”
ICE again prevents Chicago Catholics from bringing Eucharist to immigrant detainees, National Catholic Register:
"For the second time in less than a month, federal immigration officials have refused to allow Catholic leaders to administer Communion to immigrants held inside the Broadview ICE Detention Center near Chicago — even as more than 2,000 faithful gathered outside the facility on Saturday morning, Nov. 1, to pray, sing and demand access for clergy."
ICE bars Chicago bishop from giving detained Catholics holy Communion on All Saints, OSV News:
"After the Mass, Bishop Garcia-Maldonado, 46, told OSV News that there was consolation for those detained Catholics. 'Wherever our brothers and sisters are, Jesus wants to be. And not only through me but through the representation and the faith and the kindness of every single person coming this morning, is Jesus coming to our brothers and sisters to let (those detained) know, 'You are not alone,' he said."
Texas Catholic bishops respond to court’s decision on status of DACA recipients in Texas, Texas State Catholic Conference:
"A federal court decision is imminently expected to change nearly 90,000 Texans’ presence in our country from lawful to unlawful. This decision will impact virtually every community in Texas by removing the lawful presence for DACA recipients who live in Texas. We, the Catholic bishops of Texas, firmly resolve to respond with compassion and a call for justice for those who, through no fault of their own, are now being forced to abandon their homes, their livelihood and their communities... We want to say unequivocally to all our immigrant sisters and brothers, and in a particular way to those who arrived as children: We have heard your cries. We are with you in these difficult days."
Pope answers questions about migrants, Venezuela, Rupnik trial, Catholic News Service:
"'Jesus says very clearly that at the end of the world, we're going to be asked, you know, 'How did you receive the foreigner? Did you receive him and welcome him or not?' And I think that there's a deep reflection that needs to be made in terms of what's happening' with how immigrants in the United States are being treated today, the pope said."
Pope: ‘Spiritual rights’ of migrant detainees must be respected, Vatican News:
Pope Leo has called for “deep reflection” on the treatment of migrants in the United States. Speaking to journalists in Castel Gandolfo, just outside Rome, the Pope said that “many people who have lived for years and years” in the US, “never causing problems”, are “deeply affected” by the government's policy of mass deportations... 'I would certainly invite the authorities to allow pastoral workers to attend to the needs' of detained migrants, he said. 'Many times they've been separated from their families for a good amount of time. No one knows what's happening … but their own spiritual needs should be attended to.'”
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