DACA / TPS

Washington, DC – Yesterday, directly-impacted immigrants, faith leaders, and advocates hosted a virtual event titled “Faith Voices Call: Citizenship for All!” to discuss the urgent need for Congress to establish pathways to citizenship for DACA recipients and all 11 million undocumented immigrants this year. The gathering was prompted by two recent and devastating court rulings on ...

Washington, DC – Yesterday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, is unlawful. While the decision keeps in place a stay that allows current DACA recipients to continue renewing their status, it sends the case back to a lower court that already ruled against the program. Over the ...

God of abundant love, we ask for forgiveness for the times we have failed to see you in the faces of asylum seekers in search of safety for their children, refugees fleeing violence, and DACA recipients chasing their dreams. We ask your pardon for the times we failed to offer shelter and protection to your precious people. God of ...

“I think what scares me the most about losing my DACA status is not my own well-being, because this country has activated my indigenous blood’s survival nature, the same that ran through my ancestras’ veins. What does scare me the most is the reality that losing my status does not only impact me negatively, but ...

Washington, DC – On Wednesday, the Biden Administration and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a regulation to codify the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The final DACA rule is intended to more effectively shield DACA in the courts.  While the new rule keeps the status of current DACA recipients intact, it ultimately will ...

Washington, DC – Yesterday, 109 organizations, including multiple Interfaith Immigration Coalition (IIC) members, sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas urging him to review country conditions and designate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Special Student Relief (SSR) for Mali. Following the lead of African immigrant and Black-led community organizations, the ...

Washington, DC – Ten years ago today marked the first day that thousands of young immigrants were able to submit their first applications for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, status. Due to the relentless advocacy of immigrant youth, the DACA program was created to offer employment authorization and protection from deportation for undocumented ...

Washington, DC – Today people of faith recognize the ten year anniversary of the creation of the DACA program, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals—a hard-fought victory secured by immigrant youth. While DACA has been an important protection for over 800,000 young people, we know it has just been a band-aid: a small, short-term solution ...

Washington, D.C—Today, the Cameroon Advocacy Network and TPS-DED-Administrative Advocacy Coalition delivered a letter to the White House from 144 state, local, and national immigrant, labor, faith, civil rights, and legal organizations regarding racial inequity in the delay and grant of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations for countries of predominantly Black and Brown immigrants. Multiple Interfaith ...

Washington, DC – Today the Biden administration announced it will be granting Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to immigrants from Cameroon currently in the United States. Having followed the lead of directly impacted groups including Cameroon Advocacy Network, UndocuBlack Network, Haitian Bridge Alliance, and others, member organizations of the Interfaith Immigration Coalition welcome this long-awaited news ...