Ignatian Migration Dialogue | Detention in the US

Jesuit Refugee Service/  USA

Sep 30, 2026

We examine detention standards, conditions of deportation, third-country removal to Mexico, and legal remedies to detention. The latter includes the proliferation of habeas corpus petitions. Like all Ignatian Migration Dialogues, this webinar hopes to promote partnerships, greater engagement on this pressing issue, and successful policy/advocacy strategies.

$32 million CEO lectures America on income inequality

Published October 19, 2026 12:13pm EDT

Scott Kirby also defended charging passengers more for certain seating options

 

By Bradford Betz FOXBusiness

United Airlines CEO wealth tax proposal blasted as double taxation

Dagen McDowell slams United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby over his proposal for a national wealth tax and a near-100% inheritance tax. She calls out the double taxation and points to the hypocrisy of the airline's own elite status pricing.

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby is calling for a national wealth tax and inheritance taxes approaching 100% for certain estates, arguing that growing wealth inequality poses a threat to American society.

Kirby, who took home about $32.3 million in total compensation in fiscal year 2025, made the remarks when asked about declining public trust in corporate executives during an interview with The New York Times.

"Wealth inequality has become a danger to our society, and we need to address that," Kirby told the outlet in an interview published Sunday.

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby is calling for a national wealth tax and inheritance taxes approaching 100% for certain estates. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

The airline executive argued that a wealth tax would need to be implemented nationwide rather than at the state level to prevent wealthy Americans from relocating to avoid paying it.

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, 17 October 2026

International Day For The Eradication Of Poverty, 17 October 2026

Date: Fri, Oct 16 2026 | International Day
Location: United Nations Headquarters in New York

United for Peace and Human Rights: Safe Homes for All

16 October 2026 | United Nations Headquarters, New York

The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is officially observed each year on 17 October. This year, the United Nations commemoration will take place on Friday, 16 October 2026, bringing together people with lived experience of poverty, Member States, civil society and other stakeholders.

Under the 2026–2028 theme “United for Peace and Human Rights,” this year’s observance highlights the close connections between poverty, human rights and peace. The theme recognizes that peace requires more than the absence of conflict. It also requires justice, social protection, meaningful participation and respect for human dignity and human rights.

The 2026 focus, “Safe Homes for All,” draws attention to adequate housing as a foundation for a life of dignity. More than 2.8 billion people worldwide face some form of housing inadequacy, with the greatest burden falling on people already experiencing poverty and exclusion.

The commemoration will amplify the voices and lived experiences of people affected by poverty and emphasize the importance of developing policies with people experiencing poverty, not simply for them. It will also highlight the Doha Political Declaration’s reaffirmation of the right to an adequate standard of living, including safe, accessible and affordable housing.

Source

Pope Leo XIV’s University Holds Second International Sustainability Conference Despite His Absence

 Pope Leo XIV’s University Holds Second International Sustainability Conference Despite His Absence

ROME REPORTS in English

Oct 16, 2026 

For Pope Leo XIV, sustainability is a moral responsibility. Building on Pope Francis’ mission to protect our “common home,” Pope Leo XIV has continued to emphasize the connection between environmental care, human dignity, and the protection of the most vulnerable. 

Rome Reports is an international news agency covering the Pope, the Vatican, Rome and the Catholic Church, as well as major social, cultural and religious debates.

Hospitality Day: a message from father general Arturo Sosa SJ

A Campaign to Address Global Economic Inequality

This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.

Friday, October 2, 2026 at 4:21 PM EDT

by Lawrence S Wittner
Community

Although the temper tantrums of Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu dominated mass media coverage of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly, which opened in September 2026, the event also included the announcement of a far more significant matter: a campaign to address the problem of worldwide economic inequality.

On September 24, standing in for South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Ronald Lamola, South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, told General Assembly delegates that “the promise of democracy and international cooperation wanes when we cannot demonstrate that they can address inequality and insecurity.” Thus, “together with Brazil, Norway, and Spain, South Africa calls on this Assembly to throw its weight behind the establishment” of an International Panel on Inequality (IPI). Based on the model of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPI would research inequality within and between countries and develop policies to close the widening gap between the rich and the poor.

That gap is enormous. As Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz and other specialists have recently reported, “the richest 10 percent of adults globally receives more than half (53 percent) of the world’s income, whereas the poorest half receives 8 percent.” When it comes to wealth, that “is even more concentrated, with the richest 10 percent owning around three-quarters of global wealth while the poorest half owns just 2 percent.” And “almost two-thirds of people live in countries where inequality is rising.” In turn, this economic inequality leads to “unequal access to education, health care, housing and finance,” factors shaping “the opportunities that direct people’s lives.”

The speech at the General Assembly, as well as the specialists’ report, originated with developments within the G20, an international forum of nations with advanced and emerging economies seeking to coordinate global economic policy. In 2025, when the South African government held the presidency of the G20, it commissioned a study of global inequality by independent experts and chaired by Stiglitz. Appearing last November, the study maintained that “inequality is one of the most urgent concerns in the world today,” and that “combating it is necessary and possible.” Indeed, according to the study, the inequality emergency was on a par with the climate emergency, and an IPI, once established, would gather information on the problem and propose solutions to it.

Recently, the campaign for a global response to global economic inequality has picked up momentum. By mid-September 2026, when the UN General Assembly session was underway, more than 1,500 economists and academics from more than 100 countries had signed an open letter backing the creation of an International Panel on Inequality. Among the high-profile signatories were former U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Nobel Prize-winning economist Daron Acemoglu, and numerous other prominent economists, including Thomas Piketty, Mariana Mazzucao, and Jayati Ghosh. In the letter, they maintained that “extreme concentrations of income and wealth translate into undemocratic concentrations of power, unravelling trust in our societies and polarizing our politics.”

Full text: Pope Leo XIV’s World Day of Migrants and Refugees message

written by Pope Leo XIV 

6:30 AM September 27, 2026

Pope Leo XIV smiles at a child at the Plaza del Cristo de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, June 12, 2026, on the day he meets with migrants and humanitarian organizations. On Aug. 14, the Vatican published Pope Leo XIV's message for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees which reflects on the theme: "Even Just One of These Children." (OSV News photo/Yara Nardi, Reuters)


(OSV News) — The following is the full text of Pope Leo XIV’s 2026 message for the 112th World Day of Migrants and Refugees celebrated by the Church on Sept. 27.

Even Just One of These Children (cf. Mt 18:10)

Dear brothers and sisters,

Each year the World Day of Migrants and Refugees invites us to turn our attention to different aspects of the complex phenomenon of migration. For this 112th World Day, the theme, “Even just one of these children,” draws our attention to the minors directly involved in the experience of migration and flight, to the care owed to them, and to the Lord’s promise that “whoever receives one such child in my name receives me” (Mk 9:37).
Displaced minors: a complex reality of vulnerability

Minors are the most vulnerable group within the global movements of migration. They are concrete faces, who have unique stories, and call on our conscience. Every year, millions of children and adolescents are forced to leave their homeland because of war, poverty, violence, environmental disasters and other tragedies. Sadly, their number continues to grow. The economic, political and military consequences of this disaster are immense. The suffering of migrant children does not end with their relocation. There are very young children who have lost parents, brothers, sisters and friends, and who have witnessed unspeakable acts of violence. Others, separated from their families for long periods, try to reunite with them while enduring the anguish of separation. There are also minors who make the journey together with their parents, yet are exposed to extreme and traumatic conditions. Finally, we cannot forget the tragic situation of those separated from their parents because of repatriation.


To this already appalling situation are added further tragedies: deaths along migration routes, trafficking and exploitation, the recruitment of minors for use in armed conflicts, sexual violence, forced marriages, and the atrocities they have suffered or witnessed during their travels. Their dignity is trampled upon in countless ways.

In his Message for the 2017 World Day of Migrants and Refugees, dedicated to the theme “Child Migrants, the Vulnerable and the Voiceless”, Pope Francis recalled that migrant children “in a threefold way are defenseless: they are children, they are foreigners, and they have no means to protect themselves. I ask everyone to help those who, for various reasons, are forced to live far from their homeland and are separated from their families.”

Yet, amid so much darkness, the light of solidarity is not lacking. Individuals, families, civil institutions and ecclesial communities choose not to pass by on the other side (cf. Lk 10:29-37). We think of the families who open the doors of their homes in order to restore to these children the warmth of a family hearth; the educators who serve in reception centers; the volunteers and aid workers who each day devote themselves to healing the invisible wounds of these little ones along migration routes and in our cities. They bear witness through their commitment that love can overcome indifference.

What Happens After the DSA Wins?

 

Christian J. Pinto: Rome And Replacement Migration

 

The UN’s 2000 “Replacement Migration” Report Reveals the REAL Global Plan | Bernadette Spofforth

 

The UN’s 2000 “Replacement Migration” Report Reveals the REAL Global Plan | Bernadette Spofforth

Winston Marshall Clips

Aug 28, 2026

Bernadette Spofforth joins The Winston Marshall Show to discuss mass immigration, falling birth rates, the UN’s Replacement Migration paper, Agenda 2030 and the economics behind Net Zero. Spofforth, a British businesswoman and social commentator who co-founded digital radio company Intempo, examines how demographic decline and ageing populations have shaped government thinking on migration and welfare. She argues that Britain’s immigration policy, multiculturalism and social cohesion must be understood alongside UN population forecasts, the welfare state and the economic pressures created by shrinking working-age populations. The discussion also covers the Club of Rome, The Limits to Growth, Sustainable Development Goals, climate change policy, renewable energy, Africa’s development and the financial incentives surrounding environmental regulation. Spofforth also addresses how political short-termism and fears over cultural integration have influenced successive governments’ responses to immigration and demographic change.

Montevideo hosts a progressive congress after three consecutive electoral defeats in the region

Friday, August 21st 2026 - 10:12 UTC

The meeting takes place at an adverse moment for those forces. The last three presidential elections in Latin America were won by conservative candidates. Photo: Sebastián Astorga


More than a hundred lawmakers, former presidents, ministers and political figures from fifteen countries across the Americas gather from Friday at Uruguay's Legislative Palace in Montevideo for the third Pan-American Congress, a parliamentary forum of progressive forces running until Sunday. Organisers put attendance at more than 150 participants.

The meeting takes place at an adverse moment for those forces. The last three presidential elections in Latin America were won by conservative candidates: José Antonio Kast in Chile, Keiko Fujimori in Peru and Abelardo de la Espriella in Colombia, all three sworn in this year. Uruguay and Brazil remain the main centre-left governments in South America.

“We are not arriving in a golden age, but in full recognition of those defeats,” said the congress's general coordinator, David Adler, an economist, co-founder of the Progressive International and a former adviser to US Senator Bernie Sanders. He explained that some sessions will be held behind closed doors “to talk frankly about good practices and also about experiments that have failed to reach the public.”

Under the slogan “Solidarity among peoples, sovereignty among nations,” the programme is organised around four themes: peace, security and multilateralism; sustainable development and regional integration; digital sovereignty and artificial intelligence; and wellbeing and care. Organisers also propose rebalancing relations between the north and south of the continent. “We have the International Monetary Fund and the Organization of American States, both headquartered in Washington, which shows an architecture in which the north speaks and expects the south to obey,” Adler said.

The congress was created in 2024 in Bogotá on the initiative of then Colombian president Gustavo Petro and held its second edition in Mexico City in 2025. It closes a week of events in the Uruguayan capital that included a gathering of women in politics, a closed forum of fourteen parties from eleven countries and the relaunch of the magazine Nueva Sociedad.

The Uruguayan delegation will be led by President Yamandú Orsi, who opens the forum, alongside Vice-President Carolina Cosse, former vice-president Lucía Topolansky and the secretary of the presidency, Alejandro Sánchez. International participants include former presidents Ernesto Samper of Colombia and Gabriel Boric of Chile; the governor of Buenos Aires province, Axel Kicillof; Brazilian senator Humberto Costa, of the Workers' Party; Mexican Morena official Carolina Rangel; and US representatives Pramila Jayapal and Jesús García.

Adler highlighted the choice of Uruguay as host. “We have a great deal to learn from Uruguayan society, which has a very living memory and knew how to deepen its democratic roots,” he said.

Source 

Over 1,500 Migrants SWARM Into Spain During Chaotic Mass Border Crossing

New York Post

Jul 30, 2026 

Thousands of migrants streamed into the tiny Spanish territory of Ceuta from Morocco on Thursday, prompting local officials to call on Spain to declare a national emergency and send the army to restore the frontier.

Spain’s interior ministry said it would guarantee the safety of citizens and the integrity of the nation’s border, but that the government could not declare a national emergency over migration concerns.

“The situation is absolute chaos,” said Rachid Sbihi, head of the association that represents Spain’s Civil Guard officers in Ceuta, who police the border. “It’s not possible to give precise numbers, but there are thousands of migrants crossing,” he said, adding that the border had “totally collapsed.”

Read more at https://nypost.com/2026/07/30/world-n...

Jesus would not have endorsed the Democratic Socialists of America | Opinion

Peter Crabb
Wed, July 15, 2026 at 6:00 AM EDT

Peter Crabb

In the same year that Americans are celebrating the Declaration of Independence and the principles of liberty found there, members of the Democratic Socialists of America are making political gains.

At my institution and in churches around the country, Christians are revisiting an old question: Was Jesus the first socialist? The idea is appealing to many of my students and fellow followers of Jesus.

Our Lord's emphasis on helping the poor and the first disciples' sharing of resources in the book of Acts suggests a natural alignment with the tenets of socialism. However, discussions around these teachings ignore the central characteristics of socialism; that is, the use of force.

Economic studies of government laws and policies always seek to distinguish between the "seen" and the "unseen." Economists ask both the question of what the immediate effects of a government policy will be but also ask what the likely unintended consequences are of the same.

What is seen in Jesus's teaching is a call to radical generosity. What is unseen by many readers of this teaching is that the call was always directed at the individual's heart, not the Roman authority or tax collector. Socialism is defined by the concentration of power to forcibly achieve a redistribution of wealth. Socialist policies are not voluntary but rather coercive, resulting from a monopoly power the government holds over the use of force.

There is no evidence that Jesus endorsed the forcible redistribution of wealth by political authorities. When confronted with a question about the distribution of a family's wealth, Jesus replied by asking who appointed him a judge or arbiter and instead cautioned against envy (Luke 12).

Border Bishops: The Catholic Church's Migrant Trafficking Operation

The Catholic Church is the largest immigrant resettlement program in the world, responsible for up to 30% of all refugees imported into the US

Gildhelm

Jan 31, 2024



It’s turned into an efficient assembly line. Right before the checkpoint, a welcome center staffed by volunteers. They offer food, shelter, legal representation, and transportation. When ready, they’re taken to a point of entry. The checkpoint of course being completely swamped, prints off ticket #46,992,137 for their court date 37 years from today. They walk across the border, and into the very next building - another welcome center. Next stop: Nashville, San Diego, Richmond. Wherever they want. There’s (There ARE) offices like this in all 50 states, and you fund them. Not just through taxes, but also your Sunday offerings.

Because these aren’t government offices, they're churches.

The invasion at the southern border has developed into an untenable situation. Last year, the state of Texas became a minority White state for the first time in its history. By the end of this year, 10% of the population of the entire country will be illegal.

As tensions flare between state and federal governments with natives seeking to exert control over the situation, people are evidently starting to have enough. They see the impact free access to the country's wealth has on housing, competitive wages, and social cohesion. Someone is to blame for this, someone has to be held accountable and begin to mitigate for the damages.

This period of global migration is the largest in human history, so there is plenty of blame to dish out. Chief among the responsible is our governments, who are more than capable of turning any border into Passchendaele overnight, but refuse to do anything approaching this. Indeed, there are a number of secular NGOs and international institutions which have played a heavy hand. Interestingly, however, the single largest and most responsible operation has gone largely unblamed: simple, good-hearted, Christian charity.

In terms of individuals assisted in settling into the US, Christian churches make up the lion’s share with millions of migrants a year brought into the US through their networks on record. The Catholic Church alone is the largest (and possibly oldest) immigrant trafficking organization in history, and they claim this proudly. They have deep roots within the Western political system, including the International Catholic Migration Commission in Brussels, which has advocated for migrants directly to EU officials and European states since the end of WW2.

Read 📚 more

Why Socialism's Biggest Fans (Sanders, Mamdani, Piker) are Often Rich

WHO chief, experts brief media on Ebola outbreak

 

If You Can Keep It: What the wealth gap means for democracy

10:00 AM

If You Can Keep It: What the wealth gap means for Democracy 

Democratic New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.
Stephanie Keith/Getty Images

Michelle Harven

A growing number of states are looking at implementing a wealth tax to fund social services.

California is among them, with a billionaire tax set to be included on its November ballot. And this month, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist, and Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul introduced a proposed tax on luxury second homes in the city. In March, Washington passed its first ever income tax – which has already been met with a legal challenge.

All this comes as the wealth gap in the U.S. grows to its widest point in three decades – and only looks set to keep increasing. In this installment of “If You Can Keep It,” we look at how tax codes have contributed to a growing inequality in the country, how to fix it, and what this wealth gap means for the health of our democracy.

Guests

Ray Madoff
professor, Boston College Law School; author, "The Second Estate: How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy"

Kyle Pomerleau
senior fellow, American Enterprise Institute

Morris Pearl
chair, Patriotic Millionaires; former managing director, BlackRock; co-author, "Tax the Rich!"

Source

THE AMERICAN IMMIGRATION WAR

LISTEN here ▶️

NOISE OF THUNDER RADIO - 1.13.2026

Today's Show: THE AMERICAN IMMIGRATION WAR

Chris discusses the ongoing war against illegal immigration, and the backlash against ICE and the Trump administration for enforcing America's border laws. Despite the fact that the open border policies of the left have reportedly caused the deaths of more than 100,000 U.S. citizens per year, our streets are filled with activists who believe it is their responsibility to defend the unlawful invasion of the United States. How has this happened? Why is it that we have a home grown collection of radicals who seem to care nothing for their fellow citizens, are preoccupied with the "rights" of foreigners, and are willing to assault government agents in order to impose their ideas? We consider historic warnings that go back to the American Civil War. Are we witnessing a globalist plan that is more than 100 years old?

Photo Credit: DHSgov/Wikipedia/Public Domain

Superior General Arturo Sosa, S.J. Honors 45 Years of Jesuit Refugee Ser...

FULL BRIEFING: UN Chief Guterres Issues Major Warning Ahead of G20 Summi...