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In our diverse faith traditions, each person is made in the image of God and has inherent human dignity.
Abrupt End to USCIS Medical Deferred Action Policy Creates Devastating Choice: Death Sentence or Family Separation
August 27, 2019Washington, DC – The Trump administration has abruptly, and with no notice, changed “deferred action” policy in a way that amounts to a “death sentence,” immigration lawyers report. WBUR explains: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) sent out letters saying the agency will no longer consider most deferrals of deportation for people with serious medical conditions, documents ...History and Religious Values Show “Public Charge” Rule is Immoral and Un-American
August 23, 2019Washington, DC – When Stephen Miller and acting USCIS Director Ken Cucinelli rewrote Emma Lazarus’ poem to try to justify their new “public charge” rule, legal experts and religious leaders loudly protested that the policy goes against moral and religious values. The true purpose of the “public charge” rule is to discourage immigrant parents from seeking ...Religious Leaders Denounce Trump Administration’s Latest Attack on Immigrant Children
August 21, 2019“The United States should be doing more to protect refugee children, not actively participating in their oppression” Washington, DC – Religious organizations and leaders of diverse faiths are universally outraged at the Trump administration’s latest attempt to harm immigrant children: gutting the Flores settlement agreement, a legal framework that has been in place to protect migrant ...Religious Leaders React to Final Rule on Public Charge
August 12, 2019FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 12, 2019 Contact: Bilal Askaryar | baskaryar@cwsglobal.org | 202-750-0960 Washington, DC – After months of warnings about the consequences from anti-poverty, nutrition, and other experts, the Trump administration is moving forward with new a “public charge” regulation that will turn every request for basic human needs into an immigration status check. POLITICO reported that ...National Faith Organizations Denounce White Supremacy in the Wake of the El Paso Shooting and Call on the Administration to Welcome Immigrants
August 7, 2019FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 7, 2019 Contact: Bilal Askaryar | baskaryar@cwsglobal.org | 202-750-0960 Washington, D.C.: In the wake of the El Paso shooting linked to escalating xenophobic and racist rhetoric against immigrants, faith leaders of national organizations from multiple traditions responded by denouncing racism and white supremacism while calling on the Trump administration to renounce its dangerous anti-immigrant policy agenda. Rabbi Jill Jacobs, executive director ...IIC Co-Chair Katie Adams Responds to Sen. Graham’s Threats to Add S. 1494 to Spending Bills
August 1, 2019Washington, DC – After forcing a vote on his broad anti-asylum bill in the Senate Judiciary Committee today, Chairman Lindsay Graham is threatening to attach the provisions to appropriations bills this fall, Bloomberg First Word is reporting. Katie Adams, Interfaith Immigration Coalition Co-Chair and Policy Advocate for Domestic Issues with the United Church of Christ reminds ...IIC Co-Chair Faith Williams to Join Ft. Sill Migrant Detention Center Protest August 1
July 31, 2019Washington, DC – Interfaith Immigration Coalition (IIC) Co-Chair Faith Williams is traveling to Ft. Sill, Oklahoma to join the Heartland for Human Justice Coalition’s protest of a potential immigrant detention center at this historic site. The protest and interfaith prayer vigil will take place on August 1. Event details from the organizers: Women’s Voices Raised for Social ...Faith Leaders Outraged by Reports Trump Administration May End Life-Saving Refugee Resettlement Program
July 18, 2019Decry unconscionable, cruel attempt to annihilate U.S. resettlement program. Washington, DC – Some Trump administration officials have proposed to resettle zero refugees in the United States in Fiscal Year 2020, devastating thousands of individuals who had been waiting for their chance at safety and family reunification. This cruel, unconscionable move would end the U.S. refugee resettlement ...Faith Leaders Condemn Administration’s Latest Asylum Ban
July 15, 2019Faith community demands the U.S. obey its own laws and meet international and moral obligations to welcome people seeking protection Washington, DC – The Trump administration is poised to introduce an interim final rule that would ban those who seek safety at the U.S. southern border from requesting asylum here if they travel through another country ...Religious leaders: Immigration raids come from place of fear, suspicion, and hate
July 11, 2019“Living in that kind of hate is antithetical to the gospel” Washington, DC – The New York Times is reporting that immigration raids, previously announced by President Trump, will begin this Sunday. Religious leaders from diverse faiths are denouncing these aggressive actions against families. “These raids come from a place of fear, suspicion, and hate; living in ...
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