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Texas Aid Group Challenges Investigation Into Migrant Nonprofits

Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley seeks legal protection amid Texas investigation into alleged unlawful activities by border nonprofits.

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Ken Paxton’s Annunciation House investigation is the latest attack on religious organizations aiding migrants at the border

For years, conservative religious groups and Texas politicians have accused groups housing newly-arrived migrants of encouraging, and profiting from, illegal immigration.

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Faith groups say more foster families are needed to care for the children coming to the US alone

Among the record numbers of migrants arriving in the U.S. are tens of thousands of children crossing the border without their parents

The Independent UK

Obama’s massive prisoner release led to Jesse Webster’s Chicago success story and three failures

President Barack Obama granted executive clemency to more than 1,900 federal prisoners, a record. Jesse Webster made the most of his freedom. Three others are back in jail.

Chicago Sun-Times

Picture Chicago: 21 photos from this week in news

Chicago lights its tree, firefighter Andrew “Drew” Price is laid to rest, and Berlin nightclub shuts down.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicagoans open hearts, doors for Thanksgiving meals: ‘It’s like a family’

Organizations offer free meals, a dinner table and a ‘family’ environment for those who need it. Arepas were a top choice at one spot. ‘I’m feeling the warmth’ a guest said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Catholic Charities of San Antonio does Chicago no favors by failing to give a heads-up when migrants are on the way

When migrants insist that Chicago is their preferred destination, at least give city officials or Catholic Charities in Chicago some notice.

Chicago Sun-Times

Unwelcome first snow for migrants at police stations: ‘It’s so cold it hurts’

“It’s very pretty,” said one migrant from his tent set up outside the Near North District police station. “But it’s so cold it hurts.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Catholic Charities flights lead to surging number of migrants at O’Hare

The nonprofit group in San Antonio, Texas, continues to send migrants, Chicago officials say, despite their insistence that the city is at capacity.

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As migrant crisis grows will faith groups step up and offer unused buildings?

Religious organizations own substantial properties that sit empty or little used. Why aren’t they being opened to shelter people arriving in Chicago?

Chicago Sun-Times

Catholic Charities Chicago gets $5 million donation from Indianapolis Colts owner

The donation from Jim Irsay, a Lincolnwood native, is being given in honor of his late cousin, Sister Joyce Dura, a longtime nun in Chicago.

Chicago Sun-Times

How other cities are responding to migrant crisis

Chicago isn’t the first city to propose a mega-tent migrant shelter. New York opened one Wednesday.

Chicago Sun-Times

How Illinois’ safety net to protect the elderly from financial exploitation is falling short

Paul Borik, 91, who worked as a Chicago Park District horticulturalist at the Garfield Park Conservatory, is among those the state’s safety net increasingly is failing to protect, an Injustice Watch investigation has found.

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The Independent UK

Millions scramble to afford energy bills amid heat waves, but federal program to help falls short

As climate change ratchets up temperatures across the U.S., millions of the poorest Americans grapple with enduring perilous heat or paying costly air conditioning bills

Tribune News Service

Francis Wilkinson: Harassing good Samaritans is on brand for GOP

The Republican war on migrants and asylum seekers has been one of the more successful GOP campaigns of recent years if you measure success by volume of vitriol.

Los Angeles Times

The pope’s ‘favorite nun’ defends migrants. So why did she agree Texas could bus them to LA?

McALLEN, Texas — When a bus carrying 42 migrants from the Texas-Mexico border rolled to a stop in Los Angeles last month, activists and local politicians were quick to excoriate Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.

The Independent UK

DeSantis recruiters eyed Catholic church for migrant flights that bishop calls ‘reprehensible’

Mark Seitz, the Roman Catholic bishop of El Paso, Texas, tells The Associated Press that Florida Gov_ Ron DeSantis' flights of migrants from the Texas border to California are “reprehensible” and “not morally acceptable.”

The Conversation

When faith says to help migrants – and the law says don't

Many religious traditions preach the need to care for strangers. But what happens when caring for the stranger comes into conflict with government policy?

The Independent UK

Judge's donations cloud rulings in Catholic bankruptcy case

An Associated Press investigation finds a federal judge donated tens of thousands of dollars to New Orleans’ Roman Catholic archdiocese and consistently ruled in favor of the church amid a contentious bankruptcy involving nearly 500 clergy sex abuse victims

USA Today Sports Media Group

How a golf lover’s $3.8 million gift to Dartmouth turned into a yearslong legal dispute

The Ivy League school closed Hanover Country Club in 2020, and has refused the foundation’s request to return the money.

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