The Interfaith Immigration Coalition (IIC) mourns the death of Carlos Ernesto Escobar Mejia and offers love, prayers, and solidarity to his family members and friends. Mr. Mejia died of COVID-19, which he contracted while detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the Otay Mesa Detention Center.
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President Trump issued a new Executive Order to “cancel legal immigration,” claiming that it would help the hard hit economy. The order bans many immigrants from entering the United States and keeps families apart for at least sixty days. Faith leaders reacted strongly, calling his exploitation of the coronavirus public […]
“Dramatically cutting legal immigration has been the signature goal of this administration, since the very first Muslim and refugee ban it chaotically implemented in January 2017,” said Faith Williams, Associate Director of Government Relations and Advocacy with the National Council of Jewish Women and Co-Chair of the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (IIC). “Trump and Stephen Miller would never miss an opportunity to exploit a national emergency in service of their xenophobic agenda. This is a shanda, a disgrace.”
224 faith-based organizations and 1,025 faith leaders sent a letter to the Trump administration, Congress, and Governors, telling them that “immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers must be included in our emergency response [to COVID-19] if we are to assist everyone who is in need.” The organizations and individuals span forty-six states plus the District of Columbia.