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July 11, 2017

Don’t send Chaldeans back to persecution in Iraq, advocates plead

A woman holds a sign and cross as members of the local Chaldean community demonstrate June 16 outside the Patrick V. McNamara Federal Building to protest the arrest and detention of more than 100 Chaldean Christians from the Detroit area.

DETROIT, Mich. – After a federal judge again halted the deportation of over 1,000 Chaldeans from the U.S., advocates for the detainees insisted their deportations should be stopped until conditions in Iraq improve.

Published in International
June 21, 2017

USCCB officials urge Homeland Security to defer deportation of Chaldeans

Members of the local Chaldean community gather outside the Patrick V. McNamara Federal Building June 16 to protest the arrest and detention of more than 100 Chaldean Christians from the Detroit area.

WASHINGTON – The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the chairmen of the bishops' migration and international policy committees urged Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly to defer deportation of Chaldean Christians and others arrested June 11.

Published in International