Mexican Bishops called for national unity in response to the United States deporting thousands of migrants with irregular status. The Church in Latin America is working to support deportees who, according to the Catholic-inspired migrant support network Red Clamour, are being treated as criminals.

South Korean Bishops have launched the “Wings of Hope” project to meet vital healthcare needs of undocumented migrant children. The aim is to create a national support network to protect children who are in “the blind spot of welfare,” the head of the migrant committee of Seoul Archdiocese said.

Ending funding for refugee resettlement support is illegal, U.S. Bishops argued in a lawsuit against the Trump administration last week. The funding stop is halting efforts to welcome newcomers arriving via this legal pathway and to help them become self-sufficient, the Episcopal Conference said.