Pope Leo XIV has appointed Evelio Menjivar-Ayala, a migrant who entered the United States illegally in the past, as head of the diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, which covers the state of West Virginia.
It is noted that Menjivar-Ayala originally arrived in San Ysidro, California, smuggled in the trunk of a car after several attempts as a teenager to escape war in El Salvador. Prior to his new appointment, he criticized strengthening immigration control measures, calling it a violation of human rights.
