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Washington, DC – On June 4, 2024, President Biden announced a new Proclamation and Interim Final Rule allowing the administration to temporarily suspend access to asylum for most people who arrive at the border between ports of entry to seek protection once arrivals surpass a daily average of 2,500 over the course of a week. ...

Washington, DC – Last month, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton took action to shut down Annunciation House, a Catholic humanitarian organization in El Paso that has provided hospitality and other life-saving services to migrants for decades. In response, 268 faith leaders and 165 faith-based organizations have signed an interfaith statement to express solidarity with Annunciation ...

Washington, DC – As the Senate prepares to vote on a bill that would drastically change the U.S. immigration and asylum systems, 662 faith leaders and 155 faith-based organizations and congregations have sent a letter urging Congress to uphold our moral and legal responsibility to welcome people seeking safety.  The legislation would further restrict access to ...

Washington, DC – In a stunning reversal of previous statements and campaign promises, the Biden Administration has waived more than 20 laws to allow for the construction of a border wall in south Texas.  As faith groups committed to humane reception at the US-Mexico border, this announcement is a significant disappointment as the government prioritizes physical ...

Washington, DC – Recent reports have indicated the Biden administration is considering the implementation of a policy that would force migrant families who enter the U.S. without authorization to remain in Texas near the border. The Interfaith Immigration Coalition (IIC) urges the Biden administration to abandon this policy, as it fails to welcome migrants and ...

Washington, DC – On September 20, the Biden administration announced that it will be extending and redesignating Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuelans who arrived in the United States before July 31, 2023. On September 21, the administration announced the extension and redesignation of TPS for Afghanistan. TPS holders are given temporary status due to ...

Washington DC: National faith organizations from the Interfaith Immigration Coalition are celebrating the lifting of Title 42 after several years of it being misused under a false pretense of public health from both the Trump and Biden administrations; wherein the clear objective of this arcane health code was to expel asylum seekers in an unprecedented ...

Washington D.C. – Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) and its partners in the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (IIC) have launched a new public comment campaign to mobilize opposition to the Biden administration’s proposed asylum ban. The proposed rule, which closely mirrors a Trump administration ban, would severely limit asylum eligibility for those who did not first ...

“This policy would treat them as criminals” – Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner Washington, DC –  The New York Times reports that the Biden administration is considering reinstatement of family detention at the US-Mexico border as a means to deter families from coming to the US to seek safety. This comes as the administration has unrolled multiple ...

Washington – The #WelcomeWithDignity campaign for asylum rights held a Zoom press event with the Most Reverend Mark Seitz, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of El Paso and other prominent faith and community leaders, calling on President Biden to reverse course on his proposed asylum ban.  Download a recording of the webinar here (passcode k16Q&kmq). Following ...