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Refugee Protection or Refugee Rejection – 1939 and Today
June 6, 2019Capitol Hill Vigil Remembers Those Who Died in Holocaust, While RFK Awards Honor Those Working for Human Rights Today Washington, DC – Eighty years ago today, the United States refused dockage to a ship called the St. Louis carrying more than nine hundred Jewish refugees. When the U.S. turned those nine hundred men, women, and children ...Over 300 Religious Leaders, Organizations Call for Passage of NO BAN Act
April 10, 2019
“We are called by our sacred texts and faith principles to love our neighbor” Washington, DC – As the NO BAN Act is introduced in Congress today by Senator Christopher Coons (D-DE), Representative Judy Chu (D-CA), and many others, 209 faith leaders and 92 faith-based organizations in 39 states plus DC are sending a letter to ...Over 3,000 People of Faith Pledge Solidarity with Asylum Seekers
November 19, 2018Washington, D.C. — President Donald Trump released an executive order which would dramatically weaken U.S. protections and access for people fleeing violence to seek asylum in the United States. In response, a coalition of faith organizations released a pledge, signed by over 3,000 faith leaders, promising to be good neighbors to those seeking refuge in ...Faith Week of Action on Public Charge November 12-16
November 9, 2018Introduction: This week as we celebrate the feast day for Saint Frances Cabrini, patron saint of immigrants, we are called not only to prayer and reflection but to action. Born in Italy, Saint Cabrini arrived in the United States in 1889 on a mission to help other Italian immigrants desperately fleeing extreme poverty, hunger, oppression, violence ...Nearly 250 Faith Leaders and Faith-Based Organizations Decry the Detention of Pregnant Immigrant Women
April 30, 2018WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, 58 faith-based organizations and 189 faith leaders sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) expressing shock and outrage about ICE’s decision to eliminate the presumption of release for pregnant women from immigrant detention, except in extraordinary circumstances. ICE also removed oversight and accountability ...Refugee and Immigration Bills in Response to Trump’s Executive Orders (115th Congress)
February 3, 2017*Note: Updated as of March 20, 2017 House Bills and Resolutions H.R.489 – The No Religious Registry Act of 2017 finds that the creation of religious registries and surveillance of religious groups, like the National Security Entry-Exit System, does not enhance national security but does go against American values. The bill prohibits the government from collecting information, ...
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