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Catholic diocese sues US over foreign-born priests' expiring visas

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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 .

The change "will cause severe and substantial disruption to the lives and religious freedoms" of the priests as well as the hundreds of thousands of Catholics they serve.

"It's so disruptive," says Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso , Texas , who chairs the committee on migration.

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English

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