Refugees

Faith Community Outraged by the Administration’s Devastation of the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program Diaz: “Trump administration is playing the role of persecutor, not protector” Washington, DC – The Trump administration is proposing another historic low refugee admissions goal of 15,000 for FY 2021, according to the administration’s report to Congress. The administration violated U.S. law by not ...

Washington, DC – Ahmad Javed Momand was a doctor in Afghanistan. Now, he works as a lab tech, processing test results and taking employees’ temperatures at a U.S. health care facility. Both of his jobs are vital and important. But only one requires the time and skills involved in completing a PhD in medicine.  Dr. Momand’s ...

Share this toolkit with your network: http://bit.ly/ToolkitHR8046 @interfaithimm • Facebook • interfaithimmigration.org Background Refugees and immigrants are beloved members of our communities and vital to their prosperity. However, many immigrants and refugees remain unable to fully contribute their talents to the workforce because of systemic barriers, including the lack of recognition of their international education and experience, outdated ...

Tell Congress to include immigrants and refugees in our country’s economic recovery! Share this toolkit with your networks: http://bit.ly/COVIDReliefIIC @interfaithimm • Facebook • interfaithimmigration.org Background For months, we have been calling for a comprehensive COVID-19 relief bill that includes all members of our communities. As Congress returns from recess, we again raise our voices to advocate for a COVID-19 ...

Organizing for Immigrants, Refugees, Black Lives – True Justice for All Washington, DC – It was another brutal August in the United States–both due to heat and the general state of things–but people of faith continued to show up and organize for justice for all. Black lives, immigrants, refugees. Everyone.  This summer, we followed our call to ...

Washington, DC – President Trump is required to consult with Congress by the end of this month, before determining how many refugees to resettle in the United States in Fiscal Year 2021. Over the past three years, the Trump administration has failed to follow through on its consultation duty, and cut the number of refugees ...

Faith Leaders Commemorate World Refugee Day June 20, Urge U.S. to Restore Protections That Save Lives “Our lives and rights are interconnected, and the racism that has gutted refugee resettlement is part and parcel to the hatred that harms and kills Black people in the United States”  Washington, DC – June 20th is World Refugee Day, a day ...

Washington, DC – Today, 339 faith-based organizations and 1,356 faith leaders from all fifty states, plus DC, are issuing an open letter to policymakers at all levels, demanding an end to anti-immigrant policies put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic. The letter comes on the same day that a proposed rule to completely gut the ...

Washington, DC – In a late-night Tweet, President Trump made another major policy announcement that his aides are now scrambling to implement.  It was not an announcement that the federal government would stop seizing PPE from the states and other nations. Not an announcement that the federal government would stop deporting people who test positive for ...

Washington, DC – Two hundred twenty-four faith-based organizations and over 1,000 faith leaders sent a letter to the Trump administration, Congress, and Governors, telling them that “immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers must be included in our emergency response if we are to assist everyone who is in need.” The organizations and individuals span ...