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This move puts thousands of religious workers&#8217; ability to continue their ministry in the United States at jeopardy. The federal agencies that control immigration have been sued by the Catholic Diocese of Paterson, New Jersey, along with five of its priests, whose legal status in the United States is set to expire as early as next spring. They contend that in addition to the hundreds of thousands of Catholics they serve, the shift \u201cwill cause severe and substantial disruption to the lives and religious freedoms\u201d of the priests. 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