Jasper Ward is a breaking news reporter in Washington. She primarily covers national affairs and U.S. politics. Jasper was previously based in The Bahamas where she covered the collapse of FTX and the subsequent arrest of its founder Sam Bankman-Fried. She was a part of the Reuters team that won the Gerald Loeb Award for breaking news for its FTX coverage.
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U.S. Catholic Bishops Issue Rare Rebuke of Trump's Immigration Crackdown
11-14-2025
FILE PHOTO: A priest and other members of the clergy pray for respondents and detainees outside of U.S. immigration court in Manhattan, in New York City, U.S., November 13, 2025. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado/File Photo
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a rare condemnation of President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown and advocated for “meaningful immigration reform.”
“We are troubled by threats against the sanctity of houses of worship and the special nature of hospitals and schools,” the bishops said in a special message, the first of its kind in 12 years.