Just before the congressional recess, over a dozen faith leaders met with Leaders Schumer and Johnson, and Representative Garabarino on Capitol Hill, urging them to vote "no" on the budget reconciliation bill. Instead of using our tax dollars to support human needs, the bill would further bloat the budgets of immigration agencies, agencies that have visited unprecedented harm and violence upon our communities.
Here, find a list of participants, and read quotes from Giovana Oaxaca, Senior Government Relations Manager, NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice and Co-Chair of Interfaith Immigration Coalition; Rev. Julio Hernández, Executive Director, Congregation Action Network; Kimiko Hirota, Associate Director of Policy at Church World Service; Jeanné Lewis, CEO of Faith in Public Life Action; and Rev. Michael Neuroth, Director of the Office of Public Policy & Advocacy with the United Church of Christ.
Also, 151 faith-based organizations — representing national groups and 28 states, including the District of Columbia — sent a letter to House and Senate leadership urging rejection of the bill. The letter states: | 
