Civic Engagement

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 5, 2018 Press Contact: jamuzie@interfaithimmigration.org     Washington, D.C. – On March 5,  the final day that President Trump intended to honor the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, faith leaders again urge lawmakers to pass the Dream Act.   Congressional action to expand detention, deportation, and border militarization instead of protecting Dreamers and their families will ...

here. February 14, 2018 Dear Majority Leader McConnell and Minority Leader Schumer: The faith community writes today urging all Members of Congress to oppose the Secure and Succeed Act of 2018. This bill combines the harmful provisions in the Secure Act (S.2192) and the Succeed Act (S. 1852) and would dismantle access to family reunification. Faith leaders call ...

Since the Trump administration terminated the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in September 2017, more than 18,800 DACA recipients have seen their protections expire. As Congress considers proposals to protect dreamers, the White House and some Members of Congress have offered frameworks that would prevent family unification, deprive dreamers of an opportunity to ...

Since the Trump administration terminated the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in September 2017, more than 17,000 DACA recipients have seen their protections expire. Congress must prioritize proposals that reflect our commitment to family unity and offer a pathway to citizenship for as many dreamers as possible – without jeopardizing other immigrant populations. ...

The Trump administration has been engaging in systematic attacks against our immigrant neighbors whom we pledged to protect. President Trump terminated the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, turning our nation’s back on undocumented immigrant youth who are valued members of our communities. DACA has protected nearly 800,000 immigrant youth from deportation and allowed ...

President Trump has rewritten his executive order to: Ban refugees from Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Mali, North Korea, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Syria, Yemen, and stateless Palestinians for 90 days, in addition to the 120 day refugee ban that expired on October 24th. Indefinitely suspend the following to join process for refugees who have been separated from ...

On January 27, 2017 the Trump Administration released Executive Orders banning individuals from seven (then six) Muslim-majority countries and all refugees from entering the country. Thousands took to the streets and flooded airports where people from Muslim-majority countries and refugees were being detained and, in many cases, sent back. Since that time, the administration has ...

President Trump terminated the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, turning our nation’s back on undocumented immigrant youth who are valued members of our communities. The consequences of repealing DACA are immediate, devastating, and profound. No new DACA applications are being considered, and current DACA recipients are already seeing their protections revoked. DACA has ...

The deadline for DHS to decide whether to extend TPS for El Salvador is due January 8, 2018. Join us in urging the administration to extend El Salvador’s TPS designation for at least 18 months. El Salvador remains unable to adequately handle the safe return of nearly 200,000 Salvadoran TPS holders. In addition to continued acute ...

Last night, the Department of Homeland Security made the deeply disturbing decision to end TPS for Haitians, following the recent TPS terminations for Sudan and Nicaragua. A 2010 earthquake devastated Haiti, and since then subsequent natural disasters have marred Haiti’s recovery. Public health crises such as the cholera epidemic, in addition to food and housing ...