Human Dignity and the Migration Crisis

Reflect on the humanitarian crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border alongside the obstacles and opportunities that can be utilized to create a new approach that will uphold human dignity and advance the common good utilizing clips from the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University.

The conversation opens with Ligia Gomez, who is seeking asylum in the U.S. after fleeing Nicaragua and advocates for others who have migrated. It then invites Andrea Flores, chief counsel to Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ); Camilo Montoya-Galvez, an immigration reporter with CBS News; Beatriz Ortiz, an immigration staff attorney at Ayuda; and Bishop Mark Seitz, who is the bishop of the Diocese of El Paso, Texas; to reflect on immigration policy and what obstacles and opportunities exist to build a new approach that upholds human dignity and advances the common good. These video clips were part of a conversation hosted on April 24, 2023, co-sponsored by the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life and the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University.