Bishops End Federal Refugee Partnership Due To DOGE

The Associated Press reports:

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops says it’s ending a half-century of partnerships with the federal government to serve refugees and children, saying the “heartbreaking” decision follows the Trump administration’s abrupt halt to funding for refugee resettlement.

The break will inevitably result in fewer services than what Catholic agencies were able to offer in the past to the needy, the bishops said.

“As a national effort, we simply cannot sustain the work on our own at current levels or in current form,” said Archbishop Timothy Broglio, president of the USCCB. “We will work to identify alternative means of support for the people the federal government has already admitted to these programs. We ask your prayers for the many staff and refugees impacted.”

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Broglio last appeared here when he declared that Catholic troops may refuse the COVID vaccine. In 2010, we heard from him when he compared the “grave depravity” of homosexuality to alcoholism in a rant against the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”

The USCCB said it would not renew its cooperative agreements with the federal government related to children’s services and refugee support after its longstanding partnerships with the federal government in those areas became “untenable.” https://t.co/idGn9VPseZ

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