Press Releases

Washington, DC – The Trump administration is finding more ways to deport immigrants from the United States without access to lawyers, courts, or due process. “The administration is using every cheap trick in the book to put people in danger. By empowering ICE to summarily deport members of our communities, the president is pandering to his ...

Washington, DC – On September 30, the last day of National African Immigrant Heritage Month, hundreds of people joined a Zoom meeting to learn about the journey many Black Africans make to the U.S. to escape persecution–and the journey some are forced to make back via deportation.  A recording is available here. Sylvie Bello of the ...

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 ...

Black Africans Confront the U.S. Asylum System Washington, DC – On September 30, the last day of National African Immigrant Heritage Month, learn about the journey many Black Africans make to the U.S. to escape persecution–and the journey some are forced to make back via deportation.   WHO: Gladness, whose sister Josephine is facing deportation to Cameroon and ...

Listen to a recording of the press call here Silver Spring, MD – Last Thursday, ICE agents knowingly violated the agency’s Sensitive Locations policy and lied to Binsar Siahaan, an Indonesian asylum-seeker and six-year member of the Glenmont United Methodist Church, in order to arrest him and carry out his deportation.  In a clear violation of the ...

Faith leaders react to latest revelations of abuse in ICE detention, call on Congress to cut funding and stop these Trump administration acts Washington, DC – “It was like they’re experimenting with our bodies” – so said a woman detained at Irwin County Detention Center (ICDC) by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), recalling friends who ...

Washington, DC – A ruling from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals puts the futures of people with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) back in limbo, at the whims of an administration that has made no secret about its desire to deport them. “This is a dark day,” said Elissa Diaz, Policy Associate with Church World Service ...

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 ...