Miami archbishop: ‘Baffling’ Trump move abandons legacy migrant kids program

Published on April 16, 2026

The U.S. government has abruptly decided to end more than 60 years of relationship with Catholic Charities in the Archdiocese of Miami. This partnership began with Operation “Pedro Pan,” which, under the direction of then-young Irish priest, Monsignor Bryant O. Walsh, helped resettle some 14,000 Cuban children sent alone to this country by desperate parents seeking to protect them from communist indoctrination.

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