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Luis Andres Henao.

Faith leaders and members of the World House Choir sing at St. John Missionary Baptist Church in Springfield, Ohio, on Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, during an event in support of Haitian migrants fearing the end of their Temporary Protected Status in the U.S. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)

US-based Haitians are buoyed but wary after a judge stops Trump from ending their protections

February 3, 2026

Haitians living in the U.S. were buoyed but wary after a federal judge blocked the Trump administration from ending temporary immigration protections. The judge in Washington paused termination of temporary protected status, or TPS, for Haitians on Monday, a day before it was scheduled to end. The designation allows roughly 350,000 Haitians to live and work in the United States. The Homeland Security secretary may grant the designation if home country conditions are deemed unsafe for return due to natural disaster, political instability or other dangers. President Donald Trump has targeted such protections for migrants from many countries.

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Faith leaders from across the United States sing together as a sign of support for Haitian migrants fearing the end of their Temporary Protected Status in the U.S., at an event held at St. John Missionary Baptist Church in Springfield, Ohio, on Monday, Feb. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)

Hundreds pack an Ohio church to back extending protected status for Haitians in the US

February 2, 2026

Faith leaders and hundreds of supporters have gathered at a church in Springfield, Ohio, to support Haitian migrants fearing the end of their Temporary Protected Status in the U.S. The event Monday at St. John Missionary Baptist Church called for an extension of TPS, which is set to expire Tuesday. Last year, the Department of Homeland Security announced plans to end TPS for about 500,000 Haitians, citing improved conditions in the Caribbean island country. The Springfield Haitian community remains anxious, fearing deportation and anti-immigrant sentiment. Many are staying home, stockpiling supplies and signing caregiver affidavits that might keep their children out of foster care if they themselves get detained or deported.

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Sister Norma Pimentel (second left to right) speaks during a panel on the effects of the Trump administration's crackdown on immigrants held at Georgetown University in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)

US Catholic bishops decry Trump’s immigration raids upending church life

September 12, 2025

Some of the highest-ranking U.S. Catholic bishops and nuns on the front lines of America’s immigration conflict gathered in Washington to decry the Trump administration’s hard-line policies. The religious leaders condemned Trump’s immigration crackdown, saying its tearing apart families, inciting fear and upending American church life. They shared how they’ve supported immigrants who are wary of taking their children to school, and going to work or church for fear of being detained and deported. A Trump administration move gives immigration officers more leeway to make arrests at houses of worship. It has been challenged in court by faith groups representing millions of Americans.

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David Kim, a Catholic altar server, stands for a portrait before a Mass at the Princeton University chapel in Princeton, N.J., on Friday, May 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)

Being a devout Catholic at a secular college can be challenging. Some call it a blessing.

June 1, 2025

A group of young Catholics attend Mass every weekday at noon at the Princeton University Chapel. The members of the Catholic campus ministry worship at a side altar reserved for these Masses. They see it as a sacred refuge amid a largely secular environment at the Ivy League school in New Jersey. News that the global Catholic Church would get its first U.S.-born pope was welcomed by Catholic students at Princeton and other U.S. universities. Some say they’re hopeful that Pope Leo XIV will help bring a revival for Catholicism in America.

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