Anti-Discrimination

Washington, DC – Today, 322 religious leaders and 100 faith-based organizations across traditions sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas urging him to reverse the recent expansion of Title 42, an asylum-blocking expulsion policy first invoked by the Trump administration to turn away asylum seekers at the U.S. southern border ...

Washington, DC – On Tuesday, multiple outlets reported that the Biden administration was considering expanding Title 42 expulsions to certain Venezuelans, Cubans, Nicaraguans, and Haitians. Yesterday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that, effective immediately, it will turn away all Venezuelan asylum seekers arriving to the U.S. southern border through an expansion of Title ...

Washington, DC – Yesterday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, is unlawful. While the decision keeps in place a stay that allows current DACA recipients to continue renewing their status, it sends the case back to a lower court that already ruled against the program. Over the ...

Washington, DC – Immigrant advocates, faith groups, and Haitian leaders rallied outside the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) headquarters and marched to the White House for a faith vigil today in honor of the Black asylum seekers who were subjected to abuse and mistreatment, and chased and lashed at by armed Border Patrol officers on ...

Washington, DC – Late Friday, 59 religious organizations and 111 faith leaders delivered a letter to Congress urging them to support and pass the Afghan Adjustment Act (AAA) as part of the FY2023 Continuing Resolution. Just one month after the bicameral, bipartisan introduction of the AAA, the faith groups and leaders reminded members of Congress—engaged ...

Washington, DC – Yesterday, Reuters reported that the Biden administration plans to expand asylum-blocking Title 42 expulsions to Venezuelans, Cubans, and Nicaraguans. The proposal contradicts the administration’s previous plans to put an end to the policy that was misused to block migrants from seeking asylum at the U.S. southern border under the guise of protecting ...

Washington, DC — “Welcome to Washington, DC,” said Jessica, a community volunteer, to a group of newly-arriving asylum seekers bused to the city from Texas. On the September 12 episode, “Bringing the border to Biden,” of Vox’s Today, Explained news podcast, Senior Producer/Reporter Haleema Shah highlights the coordinated welcome of migrants that have been bused to ...

God of abundant love, we ask for forgiveness for the times we have failed to see you in the faces of asylum seekers in search of safety for their children, refugees fleeing violence, and DACA recipients chasing their dreams. We ask your pardon for the times we failed to offer shelter and protection to your precious people. God of ...

“I think what scares me the most about losing my DACA status is not my own well-being, because this country has activated my indigenous blood’s survival nature, the same that ran through my ancestras’ veins. What does scare me the most is the reality that losing my status does not only impact me negatively, but ...

Washington, DC – In a letter delivered to the White House today, 208 religious leaders and 108 national, state, and local faith-based organizations urged President Biden to set the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) Presidential Determination (PD), also known as the refugee admissions goal, at 200,000 and to hold meaningful consultations with Congress in support of ...