As people of faith, we are grateful that over 400,000 individuals will experience peace and security due to the extension of TPS for Venezuelans and Afghanistan. However, we continue to call for an overarching investment in a humane and compassionate asylum system that will welcome the persecuted, the vulnerable, and those in need of safety.
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National faith organizations from the Interfaith Immigration Coalition are celebrating the lifting of Title 42 after several years of it being misused under a false pretense of public health from both the Trump and Biden administrations; wherein the clear objective of this arcane health code was to expel asylum seekers in an unprecedented and unjust way.
130 faith-based organizations delivered a letter to the White House urging the Biden administration to halt its plans to reinstate family detention.
LIRS and IIC have launched a new faith-based public comment campaign to mobilize opposition to the Biden administration’s proposed asylum ban.
The New York Times reports that the Biden is considering reinstatement of family detention at the US-Mexico border. Outraged, faith groups respond.