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On DACA, faith groups say Biden and Congress “must do more than keep the status quo”
August 26, 2022Washington, DC – On Wednesday, the Biden Administration and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a regulation to codify the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The final DACA rule is intended to more effectively shield DACA in the courts. While the new rule keeps the status of current DACA recipients intact, it ultimately will ...160+ Organizations Call for an End to Mistreatment of Religious Migrants by U.S. Border Officials
August 22, 2022Washington, DC – Today, in a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, 162 organizations—including nearly 20 Interfaith Immigration Coalition (IIC) member organizations—joined the Sikh Coalition, the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona (ACLU-AZ), and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in calling for an end to the mistreatment of religious ...Advocacy Orgs Call for Equity for Black Migrants, Temporary Protected Status for Mali & Mauritania
August 16, 2022Washington, DC – Yesterday, 109 organizations, including multiple Interfaith Immigration Coalition (IIC) members, sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas urging him to review country conditions and designate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Special Student Relief (SSR) for Mali. Following the lead of African immigrant and Black-led community organizations, the ...After a Decade of Legal Challenges to DACA, Faith Groups Call for Permanent Solutions
August 15, 2022Washington, DC – Ten years ago today marked the first day that thousands of young immigrants were able to submit their first applications for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, status. Due to the relentless advocacy of immigrant youth, the DACA program was created to offer employment authorization and protection from deportation for undocumented ...People of Faith Celebrate and Urge Passage of the Bipartisan, Bicameral Afghan Adjustment Act
August 10, 2022Washington, DC – Yesterday, a bipartisan group of Representatives introduced the Afghan Adjustment Act—just days after its identical companion bill was introduced in the Senate. The bicameral, bipartisan legislation creates a path to citizenship for tens of thousands of Afghan evacuees currently in the United States that were resettled into American communities after the U.S. ...Interfaith Groups Condemn the Murder of Four Muslim Men in New Mexico
August 10, 2022Washington, DC – The Interfaith Immigration Coalition (IIC) joins their partner, Jews and Muslims and Allies Acting Together (JAMAAT), in lamenting the recent murders of three Muslim men in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in a span of just 10 days. Those killed were Aftab Hussein, Muhammad Afzaal Hussain, and Nayeem Hossain, who had just become a ...People of Faith Celebrate Senate Passage of Inflation Reduction Act Without Any Anti-Immigrant Amendments
August 8, 2022Washington, DC – Over the weekend, the Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act without any anti-immigrant amendments, in no small part due to the united voice of directly impacted individuals, human rights groups, faith communities, and advocates across the country. Though far from perfect, the Inflation Reduction Act includes critical measures to improve healthcare access, ...Faith Groups to Senators: Reject Anti-Immigrant Amendments in Inflation Reduction Act
August 3, 2022Washington, DC – For over two weeks, interfaith partners and human rights advocates joined together for “Heal Not Harm” advocacy days to demand Congress restore access to asylum. By driving daily calls to congressional offices, members and constituents of over 25 faith-based and immigrant rights organizations echoed asylum seekers’ demands to put an end to ...Over 450 Faith Leaders & Organizations Urge Congress to Right the Wrongs of Family Separation
August 1, 2022Washington, DC – Today, nearly 340 faith leaders and people of faith, and 114 faith organizations—including 12 member organizations of the Interfaith Immigration Coalition—delivered a letter to Congress urging them to do more to reverse the harms caused by family separation. Under the Trump administration, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) separated over 5,500 migrant ...Black Asylum Seekers and Interfaith Leaders to Congress: End Title 42, Restore Asylum Now!
July 19, 2022Washington, DC – This week, the Interfaith Immigration Coalition, Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, Side With Love (an initiative of the Unitarian Universalist Association), and the #WelcomeWithDignity campaign hosted a virtual event, “Heal Not Harm: Restore Asylum Now!” to kick off two weeks of call-in days to Congress to defend the right to seek asylum and ...
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