The Catholic Church and Central American Immigrants in the United States

C. Menjívar
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This chapter focuses on the historic and contemporary role of the Catholic Church in leading ecumenical efforts in supporting Central American immigrants. In sharp contrast to the state, which has refused to extend assistance to the migrants, the Catholic Church (as well as some mainline Protestant congregations) has offered Salvadoran, Guatemalan, and Honduran immigrants assistance and protection. Since the 1980s, these churches have created sanctuaries throughout the country to protect these migrants from deportation to life-threatening conditions in their homelands, have provided settlement assistance, championed the legal struggle that eventually granted Temporary Protected Status to Salvadorans as well as other legal battles that have extended protection to these immigrants, and issued pastoral calls to remind Catholics to welcome immigrants into their communities. This chapter focuses on churches and their efforts to change immigration policy and, in doing so, to change the broader context of reception for Central Americans and for other immigrants as well. The Catholic Church continues to play a pivotal role in all spheres of life in Central America as well as among Central American migrants in the United States.
天主教会与美国的中美洲移民
本章的重点是天主教会在领导支持中美洲移民的普世努力方面的历史和当代作用。与拒绝向移民提供援助的国家形成鲜明对比的是,天主教会(以及一些主流新教会众)向萨尔瓦多、危地马拉和洪都拉斯的移民提供援助和保护。自20世纪80年代以来,这些教会在全国各地建立了避难所,保护这些移民不被驱逐到危及生命的家园,提供定居援助,支持法律斗争,最终授予萨尔瓦多人临时保护地位,以及其他法律斗争,将保护范围扩大到这些移民,并发出牧区呼吁,提醒天主教徒欢迎移民进入他们的社区。本章的重点是教会及其改变移民政策的努力,并以此改变接纳中美洲人和其他移民的更广泛背景。天主教会继续在中美洲生活的所有领域以及在美国的中美洲移民中发挥关键作用。
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