Anti-Discrimination

US Government Should Follow Faithful Americans’ Lead Washington, DC – Maribel and Mayra are two Honduran women seeking safety for their children, and they have so much more in common: gang violence and victimization; threatened children; robbery in Mexico; and a faith community stepping up to help advocate for their safety. Their stories show that there ...

In Appropriations Debate, Congress Must Listen to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights & Faith Leaders, Enforce Accountability for Trump Abuses Washington, DC – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet is “appalled” by the U.S. treatment of asylum seekers arriving at our southern border: In most of these cases, the migrants and refugees ...

Washington, DC – Religious leaders are outraged to see the Trump administration’s latest attack on immigrant leaders who have lived in our communities for years. The government is issuing steep, nearly $500,000 fines to immigrants who are claiming Sanctuary in congregations across the country while they continue to fight their deportation cases.  Isaac S. Villegas, pastor ...

Washington, DC – The crisis of Trump’s making at our southern border has lead to the deaths of migrants of all ages. Yet rather than treat individuals with human dignity and recognize their legal right to apply for asylum, the administration is prosecuting humanitarians for following our religious teachings, continuing to erase the asylum process, ...

“There is no ‘compromise’ when kids are in need” WASHINGTON, DC – Interfaith Immigration Coalition leaders reacted strongly to news that some House Democrats are pushing Leadership to take up the Senate version of the DHS supplemental spending bill. The Senate version will not end the administration’s cruelty toward children and families; the House version ...

Graham Bill Would Give Administration More Authority, Destroy Lives WASHINGTON, DC – A recent article from The New Republic, “Asylum Seekers Struggle to Navigate Trump’s Broken Border Policy,” paints a terrifying picture about how the Trump administration’s policies have already broken the asylum system and endangered human lives. Thursday, June 20, the Senate Judiciary Committee is poised ...

June 17, 2019 TO: Editorial Boards and Columnists FROM: Interfaith Immigration Coalition, CWS RE: On World Refugee Day, U.S. Dismantling Refugee Protection and Abandoning Global Leadership Thursday, June 20 is World Refugee Day, a day to celebrate the contributions refugees make to our communities and press for compassionate, pro-refugee governmental policies. Amidst the largest refugee crisis in history, the ...

Washington, DC – As federal appropriations season begins, the Trump administration is demanding more money from American taxpayers for immigration enforcement. But the administration’s gross mismanagement of funds already given, and abject refusal to recognize the humanity of migrants, require Congress to rein in the federal purse strings. Separating families seeking safety; putting babies in jails; ...

June 2019 Representing more than 50 faith-based organizations, we believe our moral standing as a society can be measured by our actions toward those most vulnerable among us. A deterrence and enforcement-only strategy at our border has had chaotic and devastating impacts on arriving asylum seekers and is, in many ways, fueling the very migration ...