ADVISORY

TO: Members of the News Media FROM: USCCB Office of Media Relations DATE: June 2, 2010 Bishops of the United States and Latin America will hold a media conference and issue a joint statement Thursday, June 3, at 1 p.m. at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops headquarters in Washington.

TO: Members of the News Media

FROM: USCCB Office of Media Relations

DATE: June 2, 2010

Bishops of the United States and Latin America will hold a media conference and issue a joint statement Thursday, June 3, at 1 p.m. at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops headquarters in Washington. The bishops will discuss the immigration debate, comprehensive immigration reform, Haiti reconstruction and other issues as part of the 2010 Regional Bishops’ Consultation on Migration.

Participants in the media conference will be Bishop John Wester of Salt Lake City, Chairman of the U.S. Bishops’ Committee on Migration; Archbishop Rafael Romo Muñoz of Tijuana, Chairman of the Mexican Episcopal Commission on Migration; Bishop Alvaro Ramazzini Imeri of San Marcos, Guatemala; and retired Archbishop Francois Gayot of Cap-Haïtian, Haiti.

To participate in the media conference, please write to media-relations@usccb.org and include your name, media outlet and whether you wish to attend in person or via telephone. Additional information will be sent to you.