Bishops vs. Government on Refugees: Bishops Right

Talk about no good deed going unpunished. For 45 years, the Catholic Church in the United States has been helping the U.S. government resettle legally admitted refugees — not immigrants who have entered illegally — in this country. In fact, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and its subsidiaries and subrecipients (generally local branches of Catholic Charities) have assisted more than 930,000 refugees on the path to a new life of stability in America. That’s almost a million good deeds. And, for all that, the Trump administration halted refugee resettlement funding. The result: Catholic bishops took the rare and reluctant step of filing a lawsuit against the federal government.

Good for them.

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Mary Hallan FioRito

Mary Hallan FioRito is Senior Fellow with The Catholic Association

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Talk about no good deed going unpunished. For 45 years, the Catholic Church in the United States has been helping the U.S. government resettle legally admitted refugees — not immigrants who have entered illegally — in this country. In fact, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and its subsidiaries and subrecipients (generally local branches of Catholic Charities) have assisted more than 930,000 refugees on the path to a new life of stability in America. That’s almost a million good deeds. And, for all that, the Trump administration halted refugee resettlement funding. The result: Catholic bishops took the rare and reluctant step of filing a lawsuit against the federal government.

Good for them.