National Migration Week

January 5-11 is National Migration Week.

Cat holics are called to stand with immigrants and refugees as our brothers and sisters. This is who the Catholic Church is . This is what we as Catholics do . Pope Francis invites us to be part of a culture of encounter as we welcome, protect, integrate, and promote immigrants and refugees in our midst.

Immigration is about real people who are trying to find a better life and a new beginning. It is about more than statistics, it is about families. A s P ope Francis stated, “Each migrant has a name, a face and a story.”

In addition to welcoming and caring for those in need, the Church continues to uphold the centrality of family reunific ation as a critical component of our immigration and refugee system s .

Forced displacement of people is at the highest level since World War II , with more than 65 million people displaced around the world and over 22 million refugees. Refugees are the most rigorously screened population coming into America. This screening happens before they ever set foot in our country. The United States has the most thorough background checks of immigrants of any nation in the world.

Learn more about the Catholic Church's position on immigration and its work with migrants and refugees at https://justiceforimmigrants.org/.