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Supreme Court To Review Religious Rights Case In Wisconsin

The Supreme Court will hear a case on whether a Catholic charity in Wisconsin must pay employment tax, raising questions on religious freedom and taxation.

Supreme Court Adds Two Potentially Significant Cases to OT2024 Docket

December certiorari grants on standing and religion are early holiday gifts for Court watchers.

Reason · Dec 13, 2024

Supreme Court will hear Catholic charitable group's plea to be free from Wisconsin unemployment tax

The Supreme Court has agreed to take up a new religious rights case over whether a Catholic charitable organization must pay Wisconsin’s employment tax

The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2024

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A Cuban Journalist Adjusts to Service-Sector Precarity in North Texas

My life as an immigrant is summarized as paying for a car to go to work and working to pay for that car.

Texas Observer · Oct 25, 2024

Cardinal Dolan Still Getting Flamed For Breaking Bread With Donald Trump At Catholic Dinner

Sitting down with a controversial felon not a good look for the church just now, critics complain

International Business Times · Oct 20, 2024

Judge's order shields Catholic Charities from deposition as Texas investigates border aid groups

A judge has rejected Texas’ attempts to compel a deposition from one of the largest migrant shelters on the U.S.-Mexico border

The Independent UK · Jul 24, 2024

Texas attorney general can’t question Catholic Charities director over migrant services, court says

Wednesday’s ruling is the second time a Texas judge has ruled against the attorney general for investigating shelters helping migrants.

The Texas Tribune · Jul 24, 2024

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Court battle to keep Annunciation House open underscores how faith groups strive to welcome strangers in the face of anti-immigrant sentiment

Over the past few months, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has been locked in a court battle with Annunciation House, a network of shelters in the El Paso area that assists migrants with basic needs and legal aid. On July 2, 2024, district court Judge Francisco Dominguez issued a ruling…

The Conversation · Jul 23, 2024

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.

Another Texas migrant aid group asks a judge to push back on investigation by Republican AG

A prominent aid group along the U.S.-Mexico border is asking a Texas judge to push back on a widening Republican-led investigation into nonprofits that help migrants

The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2024

How Texas is still investigating migrant aid groups on the border after a judge's scathing order

Texas is widening investigations into aid organizations along the U.S.-Mexico border over claims that nonprofits are helping migrants illegally enter the country

The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2024

Judge denies Texas’ attempt to shut down El Paso migrant shelter

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office has accused Annunciation House, which operates a network of migrant shelters, of human smuggling.

The Texas Tribune · Jul 2, 2024

Faith-based groups that help migrants are being increasingly targeted by far-right groups

A report by The New York Times reveals how the vitriol against these organizations extends to Republican House members

Latin Times · Jun 3, 2024

FEMA Funding Cuts Threaten Aid For Asylum-Seekers

Catholic Charities of San Antonio faces closure of Migrant Resource Center due to reduced federal funding for asylum-seekers, raising concerns about migran...

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.

The Independent UK · Dec 21, 2023

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

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 8, 2023

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 · Nov 24, 2023

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.

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Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 24, 2023

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 · Nov 14, 2023

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 · Oct 31, 2023

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 · Oct 11, 2023

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.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 9, 2023

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 · Sep 26, 2023

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 · Sep 7, 2023

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.

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