Maria Benevento

Family-based immigration, or family reunification, has been a central component of the U.S. immigration system for more than 50 years, and is restricted and usually slow-moving.

The latest news on active nonviolence: Events against Guantanamo Bay detention, addressing Yemen's humanitarian crisis, yield arrests; Iowa to pay $50,000 settlement to activists who alleged free speech violation

Inspired by the Women's March and initiated at an NYC parish, organizers plan an interfaith blessing, march and Mass Jan. 21 — and are offering resources for others to join them.

After the Homeland Security announcement Jan. 8 that temporary protected status will be terminated for El Salvador Sept. 9, 2019, advocates, faith leaders and Catholics are mobilizing.

The latest news on active nonviolence: Dorothy Day Catholic Worker, Witness Against Torture partner against Guantanamo Bay injustices; leaders urge extension of protected status for Salvadorans

Faced with complaints from her neighbors that threatened her ability to operate House of Hagar Catholic Worker in Wheeling, West Virginia, Kate Marshall took it as an affirmation that she was "on the right track."

The latest news on active nonviolence: Des Moines Catholic Worker and Voices for Peace co-sponsored the Feast of Holy Innocents Faith and Resistance Retreat and Witness; Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Dubuque is closing refugee resettlement

The latest news on active nonviolence: Las Posadas highlights immigrants struggles; churches offer sanctuary; vigil and fast in support of Yemen

Hundreds of thousands of people don't need amnesty to reconcile their status in the U.S., say immigration experts -- they simply need justice as defined by the nation's laws.

The latest news on active nonviolence includes the arrest of participants during a demonstration supporting the Dream Act; remembering activist Dean Pappas; and pipeline protesters' day in court.

The latest news on active nonviolence includes a father seeking sanctuary in New Haven; coalition urges Congress to help families in Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands; and an anti-pipeline prayer march.

Justice Action Bulletin: Event to guide opposition against immigration detention facility; Immigrant who sought church sanctuary returns to family; Pax Christi encourages toys that promote nonviolence.

Homeland Security is terminating Temporary Protected Status for Haitians in July 2019. But Haiti will not be prepared to take them back, say religious leaders and immigrant groups.

The latest news on active nonviolence: Activists protest ROTC programs at Jesuit universities; mothers deliver Thanksgiving cookies to Congress; Catholic retreat center shelters immigrants.

The latest news on active nonviolence: SOA Watch holds a Border Encuentro; peace vigil honors Fr. Jerry Zawada; activists plan protests at nine Jesuit universities with ROTC programs.

Justice Action Bulletin: Ignatian schools stand together for children brought to the United States; Jewish people act against hunger; Alex Garcia, denied a stay of removal in late August, is seeking sanctuary at Christ Church United Church of Christ in Maplewood, Missouri

Religious and political leaders expressed solidarity with the victims of a church shooting in Texas and their families and called for Americans to examine the causes of such violence.

Jesuit Fr. Michael Sheeran, president of the association, spoke alongside other higher education leaders, Dreamers and members of the House and Senate at an Oct. 25 press conference in support of the Dream Act, which would grant Dreamers legal status.

Immigrant rights groups see "public policy going in the wrong direction," with country bans, historic-low refugee numbers, treatment of migrants at the border, and the threat to DACA.