Showing posts with label Immigration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Immigration. Show all posts
Thursday, February 26, 2026

Clergy Seek Access To ICE Detainees

›
Suit was filed this week in a Minnesota federal district court by Evangelical Lutheran and United Church of Christ organizations and by a Ca...
Tuesday, February 17, 2026

New ICE Policy Allowing Enforcement Operations at Churches Violates RFRA

›
 In New England Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America v. Department of Homeland Security ,  (D MA, Feb. 13, 2026), a Massachusetts f...
Friday, February 13, 2026

Court Orders Access for Clergy to ICE Facility on Ash Wednesday

›
In Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership v. Noem ,  (ND IL, Feb. 12, 2026), an Illinois federal district court issued a preliminary ...
Tuesday, February 03, 2026

Journalist Don Lemon Indicted Under FACE Act Because of Church Anti-ICE Protest

›
As announced by Attorney General Pam Bondi on X last Tuesday: At my direction, early this morning federal agents arrested Don Lemon, Traher...
Tuesday, January 13, 2026

European Court Protects Journalist Who Wrote Article on Schools That Promote Islamist Teachings

›
In Tafzi El Hadri and El Idrissi Mouch v. Spain , (ECHR, Jan 8, 2026), the European Court of Human Rights rejected claims by two educators e...
Friday, November 21, 2025

Catholic Clergy Sue for Access to ICE Detention Facility

›
 A religious advocacy organization, its director, 3 priests, and a sister filed suit this week against immigration officials alleging that t...
Thursday, November 13, 2025

Catholic Bishops Issue Special Pastoral Message on Immigration

›
Yesterday, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, gathered at their Fall Plenary Assembly, issued a Special Pastoral Message on immigratio...
Thursday, October 09, 2025

Religious Institutions Are Among Plaintiffs Challenging New H-1B Visa Fees

›
Three religious institutions and a pastor are among the eleven plaintiffs that filed suit last week against the President and four federal d...
Friday, July 11, 2025

Bishops Excuse Those Who Fear ICE Raids from Attending Mass

›
This week, the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of San Bernadino issued a Decree ( full text ) formally dispensing from the obligation to atte...
Thursday, June 05, 2025

Texas Supreme Court: AG May Begin Proceedings to Close Down Catholic Refugee Agency for Harboring Illegal Migrants

›
In Paxton v. Annunciation House, Inc. ,  (TX Sup. Ct., May 30, 2025), the Texas Supreme Court held that a state trial court was in error in...
Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Suit Challenges HHS's Rescission of Sensitive Locations Policy

›
Suit was filed yesterday in an Oregon federal district court by a group of churches, an interfaith council and a Latino organization challen...
Thursday, April 17, 2025

USCIS Is Screening Immigration Applicants for Antisemitic Activity

›
Last week (April 9), the Department of Homeland Security announced that it will begin screening the social media of aliens applying for immi...
Monday, April 14, 2025

Churches Lack Standing to Challenge Rescission of DHS's Sensitive Locations Policy

›
In Mennonite Church USA v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security , (D DC, April 11, 2025), the D.C. federal district court, in a suit by 27 ...
Wednesday, February 26, 2025

7th Circuit: Visa Regulations for Temporary Religious Workers Do Not Violate RFRA or 1st Amendment

›
In Society of the Divine Word v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ,  (7th Cir., Feb. 24, 2025), the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appea...
Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Court Preliminarily Enjoins Enforcement Against Plaintiffs of New Guidelines for Immigration Raids at Churches

›
In Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security ,  (D MD, Feb. 24, 2025), a Maryl...
Wednesday, February 12, 2025

27 Religious Denominational Groups Sue DHS Over Rescission of Sensitive Locations Policy

›
Yesterday, 27 Christian and Jewish denominational bodies and organizations filed suit in a D.C. federal district court challenging the resci...
Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Quaker Organizations Sue Over New Immigration Enforcement Policy

›
Yesterday three organizations of Quaker congregations along with two individual congregations filed suit in a Maryland federal district cour...
Thursday, January 16, 2025

Texas Supreme Court Hears Arguments on State Closure of Catholic Agency Serving Migrants

›
On January 13, the Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments ( video of full oral arguments ) in Paxton v. Annunciation House, Inc. ( Links t...
Wednesday, September 04, 2024

Catholic Diocese Sues Feds Over Rule Change For Religious Worker Visas

›
Suit was filed last month in a New Jersey federal district court by the Catholic diocese of Patterson, New Jersey and by several Catholic pr...
Wednesday, July 03, 2024

Court Rejects Texas AG's Challenge To Catholic Agency Assisting Migrants

›
 As previously reported , a legal battle has been underway between Annunciation House, a Catholic agency serving migrants and refugees in El...