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Catholic bishops invited by Mark Seitz, center, the bishop of El Paso, Texas, lead a march in solidarity with migrants on March 24, 2025, in downtown El Paso. AP Photo/Andres Leighton

Catholic clergy are speaking out on immigration − more than any other political issue except abortion

New research from sociologists finds that local Catholic leaders are more likely than many other Christian clergy to speak about immigration with their congregations.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis leads a tour of the new Alligator Alcatraz immigration detention facility for President Donald Trump and U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Andrew Cabellero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Florida is fronting the $450M cost of Alligator Alcatraz – a legal scholar explains what we still don’t know about the detainees

Alligator Alcatraz represents a significant departure from past Florida policy regarding immigration.
The Trump administration detained former Columbia University student and pro-Palestinian protest leader Mahmoud Khalil, center, for more than two months and is seeking to revoke his lawful permanent resident status. Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images

A law from the era of Red Scares is supercharging Trump administration’s power over immigrants and noncitizens

A 1952 law that President Harry S. Truman opposed, calling it a step backward, now underpins many actions by the Trump administration against noncitizens in the US.
Protesters support birthright citizenship on May 15, 2025, outside of the Supreme Court in Washington. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

How citizenship chaos was averted, for now, by a class action injunction against Trump’s birthright citizenship order

The Supreme Court can still invalidate the newest national injunction and allow the order to go into effect anywhere it is not currently barred from doing so. That would create administrative chaos, the authors write.
Protesters wave the Mexican flag in Los Angeles on June 9, 2025. Luke Johnson/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Mexican flags flown during immigration protests bother white people a lot more than other Americans

White Americans, especially older citizens, tend to be more bothered than Black Americans or Latinos by demonstrators waving Mexican flags – and even US flags – during protests.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrives for a cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, on June 11, 2025. Merz recently stirred controversy by blaming migrants for antisemitism in Germany. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

The politics of blame: Accusing immigrants won’t solve Germany’s antisemitism problem

Framing antisemitism primarily as an imported problem risks strengthening forces that actively seek to undermine and ignore Germany’s confrontation with its Nazi past.

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