(USCCB) Today, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
and U.S. Department of Justice published a Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking, outlining regulations that, if implemented, would impose
punitive restrictions on the right to seek asylum at the U.S.-Mexico
border. Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, chairman of the U.S. Conference
of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Migration, issued the
following statement: (...)