As the fate of the U.S. asylum system hangs in the balance, 235 religious leaders and 143 national, state, and local faith-based organizations have sent a letter to the White House urging the Biden administration to reject the extreme, anti-immigrant proposals that are being considered as part of a supplemental aid package.
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As a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators negotiate President Biden’s supplemental funding request this week, faith groups are continuing to urge lawmakers to safeguard critical asylum protections.
The Senate released the fiscal year 2023 Omnibus Appropriations bill, which excludes many popular immigration solutions such as citizenship for Dreamers.
The member organizations of the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (IIC) celebrate the Senate’s clean passage of the Inflation Reduction Act.
Some Senators will try to bog down the Inflation Reduction Act with anti-immigrant amendments. The IIC demands a clean bill that will “heal, not harm.”