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Trump Administration Undercuts Asylum, Again, With “Prompt Asylum Claim Review”
October 24, 2019To Reject Refugees is to Miss Christ’s Message of Love for One Another, Says IIC’s Adams Washington, DC – The Washington Post is reporting that, once again, the Trump administration is putting more roadblocks into the asylum process, starting with a pilot program in El Paso to fast-track asylum screenings and make it more difficult for ...Sixteen Republican House Members Urge Trump Administration to Uphold Refugee Protections
October 22, 2019CO, FL, GA, IN, MI, NJ, NY, OH, PA, UT, and WA Represented Washington, DC – In response to the Trump administration’s evisceration of the U.S. refugee resettlement program, Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) and sixteen other Republican Members of Congress sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urging the administration to “maintain the United ...Congress Should Provide Oversight Of, Not Cover For, Trump Administration
October 21, 2019In Immigration Hearings, Two Vastly Different Approaches on Display Washington, DC – What a difference a quarter of a mile makes. While the House of Representatives is engaging in oversight of the administration’s many cruel, inhumane, and often illogical immigration priorities, just across the Hill the Senate seems to be engaged in administrative apologetics. Even though ...HIAS Airport Action and Anne C. Richard: Refugees Are Worth It
October 16, 2019Washington, DC – “That’s why I got arrested yesterday. Because the refugee resettlement program is worth it.” These are the words of Anne C. Richard, the former Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration who became an unlikely but powerful protester yesterday. She and seventeen other leaders were arrested in a compelling action designed ...Get to Know Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC)
October 14, 2019Still fighting to ensure that all people—including immigrants who are targeted and terrorized by the current administration—are treated with the dignity and respect that they deserve Washington, DC – This is the fifth in a series of “snapshots” on the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (IIC) and its member organizations. Who They Are: The Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) ...Get to Know Church World Service (CWS)
October 14, 2019“Just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.” Washington, DC – This is the fourth in a series of “snapshots” on the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (IIC) and its member organizations. Who They Are: Church World Service (CWS) was born in the aftermath ...IIC’s Adams Responds to Trump Remarks About Somali Refugees
October 11, 2019“As people of faith we are called to radical, inclusive, extravagant love for our neighbor; and that’s what the refugee resettlement program means to us” Washington, DC – At a rally in Minnesota last night, President Trump denigrated refugees from Somalia and bragged about slashing the refugee resettlement program by 85%. He also attacked Rep. Ilhan ...On Immigration, The Hour Demands More From Us
October 8, 2019NCJW CEO Sheila Katz in The Forward, Just Ahead of Yom Kippur Washington, DC – In a new op-ed in The Forward, National Council on Jewish Women’s CEO, Sheila Katz, writes that “Yom Kippur is a time for the accounting of the soul—to own how we have been complacent, complicit, taken the easy way out.” On ...Get to Know the United Church of Christ (UCC)
October 8, 2019“No matter who you are, or where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here” Washington, DC – This is the third in a series of “snapshots” on the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (IIC) and its member organizations. Who They Are: The United Church of Christ (UCC) is a distinct and diverse community of Christians that came ...Bipartisan Support for Refugee Resettlement
October 7, 2019From the U.S. House and Senate to Governors’ Mansions and State Houses, Republicans and Democrats Embrace Refugee Protection as Part of National Character Washington, DC – Republicans and Democrats in Congress and around the country think that restoring U.S. leadership in refugee protection and resettlement is an important part of our nation’s character. The Trump administration ...
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