This week two significant events occurred where the Archbishop issued public statements.
On Wednesday, Venezuela was hit by a devastating earthquake. As of this morning Reuters reports: “The government has estimated hundreds of people still trapped and missing on top of 589 confirmed fatalities and 2,980 injuries. A website set up to take reports of people still unaccounted for had 50,000 listed as of Friday morning.”.
In addition, the Supreme Court issued a decision that terminates the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program, which has provided Haitians and Syrians protections to live and work legally in the United States.
We will inform you of any additional actions that may be taken.
Catholic Charities Boston (CCAB) suggests individuals visit the following page for important information and updates: https://www.ccab.org/refugee-immigrant-services/immigrant-legal-services/
CCAB will be updating the page with the latest information, and they are planning a webinar on Monday which will be posted from their homepage.
The statements are below with PDF versions attached.
Thank you.
VENEZUELA STATEMENT
ENGLISH (PDF here)
SUPREME COURT DECISION REGARDING Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program
ENGLISH (PDF here)
HAITIAN CREOLE (PDF here)