“The administration is using every cheap trick in the book to put people in danger. By empowering ICE to summarily deport members of our communities, the president is pandering to his anti-immigrant base, nothing more. But the impact of an immigration policy rooted in hate cannot be understated: Families will be ripped apart, our neighbors will be torn from their homes, and innocent human beings will be returned to danger,” said Reverend John L. McCullough, President and CEO of Church World Service. “The United States is meant to be a nation of laws and of morals, but under this leadership we are neither.”
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Learn about the journey many Black Africans make to the U.S. to escape persecution–and the journey some are forced to make back via deportation via this recording from National African Immigrant Heritage Month.
The Trump administration is proposing another historic low refugee admissions goal of 15,000 for FY 2021, according to the administration’s report to Congress. The administration violated U.S. law by not consulting with Congress on its refugee admissions goal before the start of the new fiscal year, and failing to sign a formal refugee admissions goal, also known as a “Presidential Determination” or PD, before the statutory deadline. This means that the resettlement program has ground to a halt, leaving refugees in harm’s way. Each day that resettlement is paused is a matter of life and death for the thousands of refugees waiting to rebuild their lives.
Over one-hundred national, state, and local organizations, including faith groups across traditions, support a bipartisan bill to help refugees and immigrants make use of their training and skills in the United States.
On the last day of National African Immigrant Heritage Month, learn about the journey many Black Africans make to the U.S. to escape persecution–and the journey some are forced to make back via deportation.