Sisters and Brothers of Immigrants

08/20/2026

https://www.npr.org/2026/08/20/nx-s1-5850361/grievance-ice-detention-immigrants

Critics say it is the reason why more detainees are risking their lives to protest inhumane conditions and legal rights violations, in the form of widespread hunger strikes.

08/20/2026

08/20/2026

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, a cradle Catholic, has supported Catholic social teachings on contentious issues such as the death penalty and immigration, bucking the consensus of his fellow Republican colleagues. When Donald Trump falsely said in a 2024 presidential debate that Haitian refugees were eating pets in Springfield, Ohio, he defended the immigrants. More recently, in an Aug. 10 New York Times op-ed he repeated that Haitians came to Ohio legally and are a boost to the region's economy by filling jobs and paying taxes. He argued that only President Trump could provide the leadership to reform the immigration system, much like it took President Richard M. Nixon in the 1970s to open up relations with China. "We need sensible laws about who can live in the U.S. The president can get them passed," he said.

First elected as a Reagan Republican to the U.S. House in 1984, the outgoing governor has staked out positions sometimes at odds with the national party and largely supports official church stances.

08/20/2026

For nearly a year, 19-year-old Dulce Zepeda has been raising her 13-year-old sister, Maria, after their parents were arrested by ICE and then deported. The girls are U.S. citizens and immigrant advocates say their case is a stark example of the precarious situations facing thousands of U.S. citizen children. "We are leaving children vulnerable in deeply precarious and uncertain situations," said Zain Lakhani, director of migrant rights and justice at the Women's Refugee Commission. At least 8,889 parents with U.S. citizen children were detained by ICE in just the first seven months of the second Trump administration. Records suggest that between 12,000 and 15,000 kids were impacted in those seven months. "Just to put that in context, that means 50 U.S. citizen children a day experienced the arrest, detention, and potential deportation of one of their parents, 50 a day," Lakhani continued.

After their mom and dad were deported, two Fort Worth teens went nearly a year before seeing their parents.

08/19/2026

Yesterday, a federal appeals court continued to block a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) policy that would allow ICE officers to conduct enforcement actions at certain houses of worship for Quakers, Cooperative Baptists, and Sikhs. In a decision written by Judge Barbara Milano Keenan, the 4th Circuit panel ruled that the houses of worship showed that the DHS policy substantially burdens the free exercise of their religion. "This decision reaffirms a fundamental promise of religious liberty: every person should be able to gather, worship, pray, and serve their community without fear that immigration enforcement will unlawfully disrupt sacred spaces," the coalition said in a statement.

A federal appeals court sided with houses of worship from the Quaker, Sikh, and Cooperative Baptist Fellowship religious traditions.

08/19/2026

As children languish in detention, a federal judge sics an independent watchdog on ICE.

Parents are giving up green card fights to get their children out of immigrant jail.

08/18/2026

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/court-ruling-narrows-pathway-citizenship-202022461.html

A new ruling by an administrative immigration court ends a pathway to citizenship for DACA recipients who are married to U.S. citizens.

08/18/2026

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/us-judge-clears-way-trump-211602679.html

Aug 14 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday cleared the way for U.S.

08/18/2026

In a letter to the Department of Justice that relied heavily on reporting by the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin and U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi questioned whether these hearings provide due process for immigrants trying to remain in the United States.

In a letter to the Department of Justice that relied heavily on reporting by the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin and U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi questioned whether these hearings provide due process for immigrants trying to remain in the United States.