Anti-Discrimination

Washington, 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 ...

Washington, 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 ...

“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 ...

FOR 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 ...

FOR 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 ...

Washington, 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 ...

Washington, 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 ...

Decry 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 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 ...

“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 ...