Press Releases

WASHINGTON, DC — The Haitian Bridge Alliance, member organizations of the Interfaith Immigration Coalition, and over 280 civil and human rights organizations sent a letter calling on President Biden to protect Haitian asylum seekers. The administration must not send Haitians seeking safety back to Haiti, third countries, or detain them in Guantánamo Bay.  The letter, published ...

Washington, DC — Last week, 16 months of settlement negotiations ended between the Biden administration and the plaintiffs in Ramos v. Mayorkas, leaving approximately 300,000 Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders and their families from Haiti, Sudan, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Nepal at risk of deportation.  While the administration has designated Haiti and Sudan for TPS ...

Washington, DC — Faith communities and religious leaders have been steadfast defenders of the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) program and fierce  advocates alongside ‘Dreamers’ and immigrants with undocumented status for over a decade. Through congressional meetings, vigils, rallies, virtual gatherings, and opinion pieces, people of faith have been relentless in calling on Congress ...

Washington, DC – Yesterday, directly-impacted immigrants, faith leaders, and advocates hosted a virtual event titled “Faith Voices Call: Citizenship for All!” to discuss the urgent need for Congress to establish pathways to citizenship for DACA recipients and all 11 million undocumented immigrants this year. The gathering was prompted by two recent and devastating court rulings on ...

Washington, DC – Today, 322 religious leaders and 100 faith-based organizations across traditions sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas urging him to reverse the recent expansion of Title 42, an asylum-blocking expulsion policy first invoked by the Trump administration to turn away asylum seekers at the U.S. southern border ...

Washington, DC – On Tuesday, multiple outlets reported that the Biden administration was considering expanding Title 42 expulsions to certain Venezuelans, Cubans, Nicaraguans, and Haitians. Yesterday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that, effective immediately, it will turn away all Venezuelan asylum seekers arriving to the U.S. southern border through an expansion of Title ...

Washington, DC – Yesterday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, is unlawful. While the decision keeps in place a stay that allows current DACA recipients to continue renewing their status, it sends the case back to a lower court that already ruled against the program. Over the ...

Washington, DC – Immigrant advocates, faith groups, and Haitian leaders rallied outside the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) headquarters and marched to the White House for a faith vigil today in honor of the Black asylum seekers who were subjected to abuse and mistreatment, and chased and lashed at by armed Border Patrol officers on ...

Washington, DC – Late Friday, 59 religious organizations and 111 faith leaders delivered a letter to Congress urging them to support and pass the Afghan Adjustment Act (AAA) as part of the FY2023 Continuing Resolution. Just one month after the bicameral, bipartisan introduction of the AAA, the faith groups and leaders reminded members of Congress—engaged ...

Washington, DC – Yesterday, Reuters reported that the Biden administration plans to expand asylum-blocking Title 42 expulsions to Venezuelans, Cubans, and Nicaraguans. The proposal contradicts the administration’s previous plans to put an end to the policy that was misused to block migrants from seeking asylum at the U.S. southern border under the guise of protecting ...