Press Releases

Washington, 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 ...

Washington, 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 ...

Washington, DC –  Texas Governor Greg Abbott today signed an executive order falsely declaring an ‘invasion’ and calling on the Texas National Guard and law enforcement officials to unlawfully return people seeking asylum and other migrants to border ports of entry. This announcement comes less than two weeks after 53 immigrant lives were lost in ...

Washington, DC – In a long-overdue victory for asylum seekers, the Supreme Court ruled today that the Biden administration has the authority to terminate the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), also known as “Remain in Mexico.” Since the Trump administration implemented this cruel and discriminatory policy in January of 2019, over 70,000 people have been forced to ...

One of the deadliest tragedies involving migrants in the U.S.-Mexico border region occurred this week when over 40 people were found dead in an abandoned truck on the outskirts of San Antonio, Texas. The death toll has now surpassed 50 and includes at least 22 people from Mexico, seven from Guatemala, and two from Honduras.  This ...

Washington D.C. – People of faith recognize World Refugee Day today with both joy and grief. While we celebrate the incredible resilience, courage, and contributions of refugees and all displaced persons worldwide, we lament that over 100 million people—the highest number in history—have been forced to flee their homes. We grieve that in the face ...

Washington D.C. – This June 19 marked the second year that Juneteenth has been celebrated as an official federal holiday in the United States. Juneteenth National Independence Day commemorates the day in 1865 when the news of the end of slavery reached enslaved Black people in the South—over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was ...

Washington, DC – Today people of faith recognize the ten year anniversary of the creation of the DACA program, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals—a hard-fought victory secured by immigrant youth. While DACA has been an important protection for over 800,000 young people, we know it has just been a band-aid: a small, short-term solution ...

Washington D.C. – Yesterday, ahead of World Refugee Day (June 20), directly-impacted leaders, faith leaders, and advocates gathered to discuss the urgent need to restore welcome for all. Over the past ten years, the global refugee population has more than doubled—now exceeding 84 million—but the U.S.’ ability to welcome refugees, asylum seekers, and others seeking ...

Washington, DC – While lawmakers in Washington, DC consider plans to vote on anti-asylum legislation that would make it difficult to rescind Title 42, Black asylum seekers and advocacy groups at the border held a funeral last week for two Haitian migrants who lost their lives in Tijuana after being blocked from requesting asylum under ...