The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) issued an action alert calling on the faithful to oppose the Trump administration’s proposed new regulations for recipients of federal funding.
The USCCB’s suggested message to the Trump administration states:
As a Catholic, I am called to recognize the God-given dignity inherent in all my brothers and sisters. I support the Church’s efforts to promote human dignity through service to immigrants and support for racial justice. We continue to advocate for just laws and policies that uphold the dignity of every human person.
For these reasons, we respectfully urge the General Services Administration (GSA) to withdraw or substantially revise the proposed changes which could prevent many Catholic institutions from living out their mission to care for the human dignity of all people.
The proposal “appears to use the SAM [System for Award Management] registration process to impose or operationalize contested interpretations of federal civil rights and immigration law through a government-wide certification mechanism,” the USCCB’s general counsel and assistant general counsel warned in a March 27 letter.
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