Visitors at the U.S.-Mexico Border ‘Grateful to God’ For Open Border Travel
November 9, 2021Currents News Staff Grateful. That’s the word that has come out of the mouths of every person. All of them are stepping […]
Topic: Migration
Hope On the Open Ocean: How One Catholic Priest Rescues Fleeing Migrants Crossing the Mediterranean
November 4, 2021Currents News Staff This is what Father Luigi Usubelli saw: a wooden boat carrying 70 migrants including four children and six women […]
Haitian Advocacy Group from the Diocese of Brooklyn Travels to Del Rio Border
October 5, 2021By Jessica Easthope Now is the time to strategize. A small advocacy group is pulling together lawyers, money, supplies and medication to […]
Catholic Asylum Center in California Racing to Help With Ongoing Migrant Surge
April 27, 2021Currents News Staff Inside a small shelter in the eastern Coachella Valley, they’re in a race against time. Claudia Castorena is the founder […]
Migrant Crisis: Exclusive Coverage on the Southern Border
April 22, 2021Currents News Staff Arizona’s governor is sending 200 National Guard troops to the southern border. Governor Doug Ducey is declaring a state […]
New Mexico Church Prepares For Influx of Migrants
April 12, 2021Currents News Staff Rev. George Miller is the executive director of the Immigrant Advocacy Center at El Calvario United Methodist Church in […]
Surge of Migrants at Southern Border Approaching Emergency Levels for the Biden Administration
March 10, 2021Currents News Staff In a tent city near the U.S.-Mexico border, Lijia Giselle Amador Zavala waits with her two children. She says […]
Sculpture Honoring Migrants Unveiled by Bishop DiMarzio During Christmas Tree Lighting
December 8, 2020By Emily Drooby and Bill Miller PROSPECT HEIGHTS — The Diocese of Brooklyn on Tuesday, Dec. 8 swapped this year’s pandemic darkness […]
‘Angels Unawares’ Sculpture Depicting Migrants and Refugees Finds Temporary Home on Grand Army Plaza
December 7, 2020By Emily Drooby and Bill Miller PROSPECT PARK — It’s crowded on the deck of this boat — 140 souls with not […]
Pope: Migrants Seeking New Life End Up Instead in ‘Hell’ of Detention
July 8, 2020By Melissa Butz and Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Decrying the unimaginable “hell” migrants experience in detention centers, Pope Francis urged […]