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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because of systemic barriers, including the lack of recognition of their international education and experience, outdated ...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 ...

ICE needs to hear from the faith community! Don’t let them deport Pastor Steven to Uganda. Steven Tendo is a pastor and human rights activist from Uganda facing imminent deportation. Ugandan government forces killed many of his family members, and amputated two of his fingers in retaliation for his human rights work. Should he be deported, ...

CALL YOUR SENATORS AND TELL THEM TO INCLUDE IMMIGRANTS IN COVID-19 RELIEF! On Tuesday, August 11, please call your two senators in Washington, DC and tell them that we need COVID-19 relief for all workers, including immigrants! Call the Capitol Switchboard (202-225-3121), and ask to speak to your state’s senators. Each state has two senators. When you ...

Join us in advocating for restoring life-saving asylum protections and defunding harmful asylum policies. Our goal is to ensure that Members of Congress are educated about the administration’s systematic attacks on the asylum system that has resulted in a complex web of harm against asylum seekers. As the administration wrongfully and immorally uses the COVID-19 ...

The Trump administration proposed yet another rule to gut the U.S. asylum system, a sweeping effort in a long line of restrictions and bans. The goal is to end asylum in the United States administratively, without an act of Congress, and keep people fleeing violence and murder in harm’s way. The public had until July ...

President Trump issued a new Executive Order to “cancel legal immigration,” claiming that it would help the hard hit economy. The order bans many immigrants from entering the United States and keeps families apart for at least sixty days. Faith leaders reacted strongly, calling his exploitation of the coronavirus public health emergency a “national disgrace.” ...

Pre-Supreme Court Decision Toolkit – Write a Letter to the Editor! Guidance on how to write Letters to the Editor and urge the Supreme Court to stand with DACA recipients. #Faith4DACA Pre-Decision Toolkit April 2020_Update3Download DACA Webinars March 10, 2020:  Informative webinar along with action steps to stand with DACA recipients as we wait for the Supreme Court ...

Since the Trump administration terminated the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in September 2017, more than 18,800 DACA recipients have seen their protections expire. As Congress considers proposals to protect dreamers, the White House and some Members of Congress have offered frameworks that would prevent family unification, deprive dreamers of an opportunity to ...

Since the Trump administration terminated the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in September 2017, more than 17,000 DACA recipients have seen their protections expire. Congress must prioritize proposals that reflect our commitment to family unity and offer a pathway to citizenship for as many dreamers as possible – without jeopardizing other immigrant populations. ...