Anti-Discrimination

Recently, 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 ...

Listen 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 ...

Share 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 ...

Share 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because of systemic barriers, including the lack of recognition of their international education and experience, outdated ...

Faith 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 ...

Washington, 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 ...

Tell 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 ...

Organizing 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 ...

ICE needs to hear from the faith community! Don’t let them deport Pastor Steven to Uganda. Steven Tendo is a pastor and human rights activist from Uganda facing imminent deportation. Ugandan government forces killed many of his family members, and amputated two of his fingers in retaliation for his human rights work. Should he be deported, ...

Washington, DC – President Trump is required to consult with Congress by the end of this month, before determining how many refugees to resettle in the United States in Fiscal Year 2021. Over the past three years, the Trump administration has failed to follow through on its consultation duty, and cut the number of refugees ...