Immigration
The Office of Human Life & Dignity
has gathered resources to support
our immigrant communities
Archdiocesan contact:
[email protected]
All people in the United States, including undocumented immigrants, have Constitutional rights and protections.
Neither immigration nor the police will assume you want to exercise your rights. You are responsible for asserting them by showing your Know Your Rights card or by telling the officer you are exercising your rights.
The Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC) has created a set of very useful, know your rights resources for immigrant communities that are available in a wide range of languages. We urge you to distribute these resources to populations who might benefit from them. These resources are available at the CLINIC website : Resources on Know Your Rights
For some particularly useful know your rights resources, see below:
In this video, Archbishop Cordileone outlines the principles on immigration, derived from the body of Catholic Social Teaching.
“Dear brothers and sisters, and, in a special way, young people! If we want to cooperate with our heavenly Father in building the future, let us do so together with our brothers and sisters who are migrants and refugees.”
– Pope Francis, Message for the 108th World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2022
Resources
See below a variety of resources related to Church teaching on the topic of immigration:
- “Human Dignity is Not Dependent on a Person’s Citizenship or Immigration Status”
- Am I not here, I who am your mother? – California Catholic Conference
- California Bishops Call for Solidarity with Migrants and Refugees (2021)
- Immigration: The In-Between Life Issue – School of Pastoral Leadership Online Course
- Strangers No Longer: Together on the Journey of Hope – A Pastoral Letter Concerning Migration from the Catholic Bishops of Mexico and the United States
Partner Organizations
Banner photo: Close up of Timothy P. Schmalz’s sculpture, ‘Angels Unawares.’ Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA