Religious leaders urge mercy, compassion toward migrants amid Trump’s immigration crackdown

Emergency Southwest Summit Against Deportations set for Los Angeles, April 12-13

Los Angeles, CA – On April 12 and 13 immigrant rights activists and organizations will be convening at the Emergency Southwest Summit Against Deportations in the historic Chicano community of Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, California. This Emergency Southwest Summit is an opportunity for immigrant rights activists to come together in the Southwest, historically significant for Chicanos and Mexicanos, to share lessons on how to organize and successf…

Hundreds join El Paso bishop’s protest against migrant mass deportation, asylum bans

Bishop Mark Seitz led a March 24 demonstration and prayer vigil to protest the Trump administration's immigration policy.

South Texas diocese hosts vigil march in solidarity with migrants, refugees

Bishop Mark Seitz speaks at a rally for immigrants and refugees at the Diocese of El Paso, Texas, on Monday, March 24, 2025. / Credit: Father Miguel Briseño, OFM Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 25, 2025 / 13:45 pm (CNA). The Diocese of El Paso, Texas, held a march and vigil in solidarity with migrants and refugees in the city center on Monday evening, with Bishop Mark Seitz criticizing the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement…

In the Texan border town of El Paso, the church calls for a protest against the Trump administration's policy of deportation. Thousands of people come and show their solidarity with migrants – but they consistently hide a central point.

The Catholic diocese had called for the protest in the Texas border town of El Paso on Monday. Rome had also sent a cardinal for the Curia

The Church and NGOs have demonstrated against Trump's migration policy with numerous people in El Paso, Texas, calling for a stop to mass deportations.