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National Migration Week is September 18-24, with the Vatican’s World Day of Migrants and Refugees taking place on Sunday, September 24. (Photo: USCCB)

World Refugee Day takes place June 20 with celebrations noting the contributions of refugees occurring locally, nationally and globally. (Photo: USCCB)

WASHINGTON– On December 4, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York ordered the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to reinstate the entire Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program by December 7, and to resume accepting first-time DACA applicants. Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville, auxiliary bishop of Washington and chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Migration issued the following statement:

WASHINGTON - Responding to the proclamation signed by President Trump announcing a temporary reviewable immigration halt, Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)...