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Archbishop Reaffirms Church Support for Immigrant Rights

on 23 November 2011.

The US Confernce of Catholic Bishops has issued a statement on the failure of the DREAM Act in the United State Senate by a vote of 55 - 41. Archbishop José Gomez, Coadjutor Archbishop of Los Angles and chairman of the USCCB's Committee on Migration issued the statement. Click here to read a copy.

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