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In our diverse faith traditions, each person is made in the image of God and has inherent human dignity.
From Africa to Deportation
September 28, 2020Black Africans Confront the U.S. Asylum System Washington, DC – On September 30, 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. WHO: Gladness, whose sister Josephine is facing deportation to Cameroon and ...Souls to the Polls! 2020
September 24, 2020Calling on all people of faith, congregations, churches, synagogues, temples, and mosques to establish a volunteer network within their congregations to Get Out the Vote. This election will be the most critical in our lifetime! YOUR VOTE MATTERS The call to promote justice, compassion, and equality is one shared across all faiths. If we believe that our core ...VIDEO: DACA & TPS Interfaith Advocacy Webinar
September 22, 2020Recently, a court upheld the Trump Administration’s decision to terminate TPS for recipients from El Salvador, Sudan, Nicaragua, and Haiti and opened the way for terminations against Honduras and Nepal. This means that over 300,000 TPS holders will be vulnerable to deportation starting early next year. DACA recipients continue to face challenges, too, due to a ...After ICE Arrests Church Member on Church Property – “We Will Stand Together”
September 21, 2020Listen to a recording of the press call here Silver Spring, MD – Last Thursday, ICE agents knowingly violated the agency’s Sensitive Locations policy and lied to Binsar Siahaan, an Indonesian asylum-seeker and six-year member of the Glenmont United Methodist Church, in order to arrest him and carry out his deportation. In a clear violation of the ...#Faith4DACA & #Faith4TPS Toolkit 2020
September 21, 2020Share this toolkit with your network: http://bit.ly/Faith4DACATPS @interfaithimm • Facebook • interfaithimmigration.org Join the #Faith4DACA and #Faith4TPS movement as we respond to a recent USCIS memo on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), respond to a court Decision on Temporary protected Status (TPS) and take steps to secure all immigrants’ rights. Toolkit Contents Background Actions to Take Resources Credit Background TPS Holders Receives Negative Court Decision (September 2020) TPS ...Toolkit: Improving Opportunities for New Americans Act (HR 8046)
September 21, 2020Share this toolkit with your network: http://bit.ly/ToolkitHR8046 @interfaithimm • Facebook • interfaithimmigration.org Background Refugees and immigrants are beloved members of our communities and vital to their prosperity. However, many immigrants and refugees remain unable to fully contribute their talents to the workforce because of systemic barriers, including the lack of recognition of their international education and experience, outdated ...“This is our own government mutilating some of the world’s most vulnerable on our very soil”
September 15, 2020Faith leaders react to latest revelations of abuse in ICE detention, call on Congress to cut funding and stop these Trump administration acts Washington, DC – “It was like they’re experimenting with our bodies” – so said a woman detained at Irwin County Detention Center (ICDC) by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), recalling friends who ...“This is a dark day” – Faith Leaders React to Ruling in TPS Court Case
September 14, 2020Washington, DC – A ruling from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals puts the futures of people with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) back in limbo, at the whims of an administration that has made no secret about its desire to deport them. “This is a dark day,” said Elissa Diaz, Policy Associate with Church World Service ...Toolkit: Advocate for an Immigrant-Inclusive COVID-19 Relief Bill
September 11, 2020Tell Congress to include immigrants and refugees in our country’s economic recovery! Share this toolkit with your networks: http://bit.ly/COVIDReliefIIC @interfaithimm • Facebook • interfaithimmigration.org Background For months, we have been calling for a comprehensive COVID-19 relief bill that includes all members of our communities. As Congress returns from recess, we again raise our voices to advocate for a COVID-19 ...August’s Powerful Moments from People of Faith
September 8, 2020Organizing for Immigrants, Refugees, Black Lives – True Justice for All Washington, DC – It was another brutal August in the United States–both due to heat and the general state of things–but people of faith continued to show up and organize for justice for all. Black lives, immigrants, refugees. Everyone. This summer, we followed our call to ...
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