{"id":6832,"date":"2026-06-01T02:14:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T02:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/?p=6832"},"modified":"2026-06-10T02:19:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T02:19:53","slug":"world-watch-welcome-the-stranger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/world-watch-welcome-the-stranger\/","title":{"rendered":"World Watch: Welcome the Stranger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the United States navigates a turbulent 2026, the immigration landscape has been defined by a sharp escalation in federal enforcement. The rapid expansion of mass detention and deportation has created a humanitarian crisis for immigrant families and their communities. In response, Catholic leaders and advocates are raising a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2026\/02\/the-church-raises-its-voice-on-immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unified moral voice<\/a>, insisting that national security must not come at the cost of human dignity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of this prophetic response, the Maryknoll Joint Leadership <a href=\"https:\/\/maryknollogc.org\/2026\/03\/19\/maryknoll-joint-leadership-statement-immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">released a statement<\/a> on U.S. immigration policy in March. Representing the Maryknoll Sisters, Fathers and Brothers, Lay Missioners and Affiliates, the statement draws on decades of global experience accompanying displaced peoples. The Maryknoll leaders express profound concern about the shift toward punitive policies that prioritize exclusion over encounter and unequivocally reject the trend toward indiscriminate detention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The statement offers a searing moral critique of the current situation: \u201cTo criminalize the act of seeking safety and to profit from the incarceration of our brothers and sisters is a collective failure of conscience that denies the inherent sanctity of every human life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The leadership further emphasizes that these policies do not exist in a vacuum, stating, \u201cWe cannot ignore the role of U.S. foreign and economic policies in fueling the very displacement we now seek to penalize at our borders.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The human costs of these policies are being felt far beyond the border, reaching deep into the United States. In a webinar titled \u201cWitnessing \u2018Neighborism\u2019 amid the U.S. Federal Government Siege of Minnesota,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2014\/01\/encountering-god-in-mission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Greg Darr<\/a>, a returned Maryknoll lay missioner, reported on the local fallout of harsh practices of immigration agents. Darr described the state-sanctioned violence that brought turmoil to the Twin Cities \u2014 but also an unexpected wave of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2026\/01\/overcoming-evil-with-good-in-minneapolis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">grassroots resistance<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reflecting on communities\u2019 refusal to see their immigrant neighbors as \u201cothers,\u201d Darr noted a spiritual resilience emerging from the crisis. \u201cIn the face of such overwhelming force, we are seeing the birth of a \u2018neighborism\u2019 that refuses to let fear dictate our relationships,\u201d Darr said. \u201cPeople are discovering that their faith requires more than just passive concern; it requires standing as a shield for the person next door.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nsMQ8V4pNCI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">call to action is echoed nationally<\/a> by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which offers an online tool for people to tell members of Congress to \u201censure immigration enforcement respects human dignity and religious freedom for all.\u201d The bishops warn that enforcement tactics now being used often infringe upon the religious freedom of those seeking to provide charitable aid and spiritual accompaniment to migrants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Maryknoll joint leadership statement concludes with a final challenge to the faithful and the nation alike: \u201cOur faith demands that we move beyond a politics of fear and toward a theology of hospitality that recognizes no borders to God\u2019s love.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Featured image: An 8-year-old girl arranges luminaries with messages about her mother, a DACA \u201cdreamer,\u201d during a vigil in Chelsea, Massachusetts, a community affected by raids and detentions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (OSV News\/Brian Snyder\/Reuters\/U.S.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-essential-blocks-text  root-eb-text-xb1cz\"><div class=\"eb-parent-wrapper eb-parent-eb-text-xb1cz \"><div class=\"eb-text-wrapper eb-text-xb1cz\" data-id=\"eb-text-xb1cz\"><p class=\"eb-text\"><strong>FAITH IN ACTION:<\/strong><br><br>\u2022 Read and share the full text of the Maryknoll Joint Leadership Statement on U.S. Immigration Policy. <a href=\"https:\/\/maryknollogc.org\/2026\/03\/19\/maryknoll-joint-leadership-statement-immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/MKLImmigration<\/a><br><br>\u2022 Watch a recording of our webinar \u201cWitnessing \u2018Neighborism\u2019 amid the U.S. Federal Government Siege of Minnesota.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/maryknollogc.org\/resources\/webinar-minnesota\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/WitnessMN<\/a><br><br>\u2022 Write to Congress to protect the human dignity of immigrants. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.votervoice.net\/JFI\/Campaigns\/134633\/Respond\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/USCCBonlinetool<\/a><br>The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, based in Washington, D.C., is a resource for Maryknoll on matters of peace, social justice and integrity of creation, and brings Maryknoll\u2019s mission experience into U.S. policy discussions. Phone (202) 832-1780, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/maryknollogc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.maryknollogc.org<\/a> or email ogc@maryknollogc.org.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>An 8-year-old girl arranges luminaries with messages about her mother, a DACA \u201cdreamer,\u201d during a vigil in Chelsea, Massachusetts, a community affected by raids and detentions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. 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