Maryknoll missioners have worked with migrants and people on the move for decades. They have served Burmese refugees in Thailand, Thai workers all over Asia, Burundian and Rwandan refugees in East Africa, and have accompanied Guatemalans, who, after years in Mexico, returned home to start anew in a more peaceful country. Our faith compels us to stand in solidarity with migrants.
Here in the United States, we are profoundly affected by the contribution of migrants in our society, and we have a responsibility to treat them, like all the rest of God’s creation, with dignity and respect.
- "Toward Global Solidarity" Maryknoll Leadership statement on
migration, September 2006 - Read about the Justice for Immigrants/CLINIC conference on migration policy, held in Salt Lake City, January 2012
- Promoting inclusive security: Cross cultural understanding and engagement -- Marie Dennis's presentation at Ecumenical Advocacy Days, March 20, 2010
- MOGC update on migration, May 2006 (PDF file)
- Maryknoll leadership statement on U.S. immigration (March 30, 2006)
- Declaración del liderazgo de Maryknoll sobre immigración a Estados Unidos (March 30, 2006)
- Petition for the protection and legal aid for Mexican nationals fleeing violence
- Manifesto from El Paso organizations in support of Ciudad Juárez and its efforts to reduce the violence related to drug trafficking
- Position statement of the Climate Justice & Migration Working Group, of which MOGC is a member
- Shattered families: The perilous intersection of immigration enforcement and the child welfare system, a report from the Applied Research Center
- Liliana’s story: A reflection on the trafficking of human persons (Way of the Cross) (PDF file)
- Welcoming the strangers –Refugees, migrants and asylum seekers (Program for small groups, PDF)
- Biblical roots for involvement in refugee and immigration ministries (PDF document)
- Vatican: Defend the rights of migrants, refugees and their families
- Migration and Catholic Social Teaching
- Immigrations basics, provided by the Education for Justice project of the Center of Concern (April 10, 2006)
- Border crossings: Links between immigration, debt and trade, written by Sarah Anderson, Institute for Policy Studies
- Border Working Group 2006 packet: Stop Border Deaths Now!
(March 30, 2006) - Border Women, an interfaith social justice group, release public
statement in solidarity with migrants (March 27, 2006) - No More Deaths action packet -- support humanitarian aid in the U.S. southwestern desert (PDF file, 22 pages)
- Border Working Group Update # 6 (PDF file, September 8, 2005)
- Border Working Group Update # 5 (PDF file, August 16, 2005)
- Border Working Group Update # 4 (PDF file, July 19, 2005)
- Border Working Group Update # 3 (PDF file, July 5, 2005)
- Border Working Group Update #2 (PDF File, June 21, 2005)
- Border Working Group Update #1 (PDF File, June 6, 2005)
- Justice for Immigrants, a campaign of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and CLINIC, the Catholic Legal Immigration Network
- U.S. Catholic bishops and immigration: A chronology
- Christian Campaign for Immigration Reform
- U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants
- International Organization for Migration
- Migration Information Source
- Migration Policy Institute
- Forced Migration Online
- Refugees International
- Border Action Network
- Humane Borders
- No More Deaths campaign
- Franciscans International's Handbook on Human Trafficking
- Franciscans International's Handbook on Migrant Workers