The Biden-Harris Administration took bold action on Day 1 on numerous immigration issues. On Day 2, faith leaders react to policy announcements on deportations, MPP, and addressing root causes of migration.
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Immigration policy priorities for the Biden-Harris Administration’s first 100 days and beyond, written by the Interfaith Immigration Coalition.
The Interfaith Immigration Coalition (IIC) released “The Interfaith Framework for Welcoming and Supporting Migrants, Immigrants, Asylum Seekers, and Refugees,” a set of recommendations on immigration-related policy for the Biden-Harris administration. Together, these changes remove the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant, anti-refugee, anti-Muslim, and racial bias from federal administration, and begin to restore fairness and welcome to immigrants, refugees, asylum seekers, and their loved ones.
The Interfaith Immigration Coalition offers these recommendations for initial steps for the Biden-Harris administration to take in reforming executive branch immigration policies; decolonizing the U.S. role abroad; and passing immigration laws in Congress.
On Thanksgiving eve, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued a temporary stay of removal for the 28 children and their parents facing deportation from the South Texas Family Residential Center and Berks County Residential Detention Center in Pennsylvania. But the families are not out of the woods yet. The court case continues and a COVID outbreak in the Dilley jail are threatening #SafetyForThe28.