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    To Help Immigrants Feel Safer Around Police, Some Churches Start Issuing IDs

    "No one in our city should live in fear," said Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh. The Catholic archdiocese program is modeled on one in Dallas, which aims to alleviate immigrants' fears of police stops.
    by Laurel Wamsley Oct 11, 2018 3 minutes
    Archbishop William Lori announced a new program to issue parishioner ID cards outside a Baltimore church on Wednesday.

    For immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, it can be difficult to get a valid identification card. Now there's one very old organization trying to make it easier: the Catholic Church.

    The Archdiocese of Baltimore announced Wednesday that its parishioners will now be able to get an ID card that shows name, address and data of birth, accompanied by the parish logo. While the cards clearly state they aren't government-issued IDs, the city of Baltimore and its police department

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