Civic Engagement

Policy “disrespects immigrants’ hard work and families” Washington, DC – Once again, the Trump administration is attempting to defy the courts and issue an unconstitutional policy that would “erase” undocumented immigrants from the 2020 Census, and the country.  Faith Williams, Associate Director of Government Relations & Advocacy at the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) and Interfaith ...

Washington, DC – The Interfaith Immigration Coalition and Families Belong Together rallied outside of ICE headquarters today to deliver over a quarter of a million signatures demanding ICE release all the families in its custody. The demonstrators held 260 paper dolls representing the 260 children in ICE detention facilities. After representatives from ICE refused to ...

Washington, DC – While the Trump administration continues its all-out assault on the legal right to request asylum, lawyers, human rights groups, and faith-based organizations have mounted a formidable defense.  This week alone, over 400 constituents from forty-five states and the District of Columbia are participating in virtual legislative visits with 185 congressional offices, calling on ...

Washington, DC – What do foreign students in the United States on visas, and people fleeing violence and seeking safety on U.S. soil have in common? They are both the subject of Trump administration attacks this week.  The latest is another all-out assault on “asylum,” the legal right enshrined in U.S. and international law to NOT ...

Join us in advocating for restoring life-saving asylum protections and defunding harmful asylum policies. Our goal is to ensure that Members of Congress are educated about the administration’s systematic attacks on the asylum system that has resulted in a complex web of harm against asylum seekers. As the administration wrongfully and immorally uses the COVID-19 ...

Washington, DC – Around 10:30 AM today, Senator Richard Durbin will seek unanimous consent to pass the American Dream and Promise Act on the Senate floor. The bill, which cleared the House almost a year ago, would create a path to citizenship for people in the United States with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) ...

The Trump administration proposed yet another rule to gut the U.S. asylum system, a sweeping effort in a long line of restrictions and bans. The goal is to end asylum in the United States administratively, without an act of Congress, and keep people fleeing violence and murder in harm’s way. The public had until July ...

Washington, DC – This past Monday, #DACABells4Justice rang out in celebration of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the administration’s unjust termination of DACA, in front of the court and all across the nation.  A total of 1,638 faith partners in eighteen states and the District of Columbia signed up to ring bells for DACA ...

Washington, DC – Since its inception, the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (IIC) has held one truth: Our diverse faith traditions compel us to welcome one another with love and compassion, regardless of place of birth, religion, or race. Yet religious institutions, communities, and leaders have fallen short of this ideal, and are complicit in the systemic ...

Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration’s illegal cancellation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.  Read quotes from DACA beneficiaries working for faith-based institutions here. To interview them or faith-based organizational leaders, contact Lynn Tramonte at media@interfaithimmigration.org. Following are additional quotes from faith leaders. “The Supreme Court’s decision ...