Catholic diocese sues US government over foreign-born priests' status

PATERSON, New Jersey: After lobbying Congress and the Biden administration for more than a year to fix a sudden procedural change in processing green cards for religious workers, a Catholic Diocese has dragged the federal agencies overseeing immigration.

The Catholic Diocese of Paterson, New Jersey, and five of its priests, whose legal status in the United States expires as soon as next spring, argue that the c