Civic Engagement

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 ...

This morning, the Trump administration announced its decision to terminate Temporary Protected Status for El Salvador. This decision follows the administration’s recent announcements terminating TPS designations for Haiti, Sudan, and Nicaragua, as well as ending the Central American Minors (CAM) program that protected children fleeing violence in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras and reunited them ...

here. February 11, 2018 Dear Majority Leader McConnell and Minority Leader Schumer: As 48 faith-based organizations from many traditions, we are called to love our neighbor and to welcome the stranger. We are heartbroken that more than one million immigrant youth are at risk of deportation and urge Congress to immediately pass a bipartisan pathway to citizenship that ...

Read the full text of the letter with the full list of nearly eighty signers.   Leaders from nine national, faith-based organizations also commented, urging members of Congress to reject the Goodlatte immigration and similar White House proposal. Instead they urged legislators to champion bipartisan efforts that include a pathway to citizenship for immigrant youth, protect family ...

Showing Up in Solidarity Against Discrimination January 27 – February 3, 2018 Week of Action Toolkit Please click here (Word) and here (Google) to download the toolkit. PUT YOUR EVENT ON THE MAP & FIND AN EVENT NEAR YOU AT www.nomuslimbanever.com and www.weareallusa.org/events Why take action the week of January 27th? On January 27, 2017 the Trump Administration released Executive Orders banning individuals from seven (then six) ...

Apply here by January 5: http://cws.applicantstack.com/x/apply/a2h9xbo6ysmv   Communications Coordinator, Interfaith Immigration Coalition Position Title: Communications Coordinator, Interfaith Immigration Coalition Reports To: Co-Chairs of Interfaith Immigration Coalition Location: Washington, DC Team: Advocacy Team & Immigration and Refugee Program Team Status: Full time, Exempt, Non-Bargaining Unit Applications Due: COB Friday, January 5th, 2018 Church World Service (CWS) is a not-for-profit organization working to eradicate hunger and poverty and to promote peace and justice around ...

November 7, 2017 Dear Members of Congress, We, the undersigned 37 faith-based organizations, write to urge members of Congress to offer Dreamers the same compassion and commitment they have given to this country. It is time for Congress to immediately enact the Dream Act of 2017 (S. 1615/H.R. 3440), which provides a long overdue pathway to citizenship ...