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The change, quickly made in the spring of 2023, reduced the availability of visas for religious workers. The new regulation means the five priests could all have to leave the country within the next two years if there is not a fix.
The change means priests must “violate their nonimmigrant status or abandon their congregations,” according to the lawsuit. “The present obstacles that religious organizations face are unacceptable,” Hawley wrote to the State Department. “Sadly, it appears that religious workers are collateral damage in the Biden Administration’s push to expand ‘lawful pathways’ for individuals who crossed the southern border illegally.”
“Because of the national shortage, parishes are left without resident Roman Catholic Priests, meaning that current Roman Catholic Priests in active ministry have already been forced to rotate to several different churches within their community,” the lawsuit states. “Such a shortage deprives Priests and their congregants alike of religious service and attention.”They often live at one of the parishes they oversee and may also help run charitable organizations and schools.
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