Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) recently announced that it has joined the Tent Alliance, a partnership of major companies and nonprofit groups dedicated to helping refugees worldwide, with an ultimate goal of finding solutions to end the global refugee crisis.
The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee adopted a $500 million spending package for the Green Climate Fund late last week before Senators departed for the July 4th recess. The GCF is a fund within the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change founded as a mechanism to assist developing countries in adaptation and mitigation practices to counter climate change.
National Catholic leaders expressed disappointment with the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of United States v. Texas, in which 34 states have challenged immigration guidelines issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security, relating to the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) program and expanded Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
