Use these tools and resources to advocate with the Biden administration and Congress for the repeal of Trump-era anti-asylum policies; strengthening the asylum system to put human dignity at its core; healing families, souls, and communities; and transforming U.S. asylum laws to protect human dignity in all forms.
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The voices of 850 faith leaders and nearly 150 faith-based organizations will be on record at the Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship and Border Safety hearing on “The Essential Role of Immigrant Workers in America.”
Leaders from 45 states plus the District Columbia joined a statement from the Interfaith Immigration Coalition, which will be submitted into the hearing record. Constituents of every senator on the subcommittee endorsed the effort.
It feels good to do the right thing.
Today, months after promising to increase the record-low refugee resettlement cap set by the prior, anti-immigrant and anti-refugee administration, President Biden followed through on his promise. In addition to setting the goal to 62,500 for Fiscal Year 2021, he committed to setting an even larger goal of 125,000 for FY 2022.
Washington, DC – Repeal and strengthen, heal and transform. “This is the path to a new paradigm for U.S. immigration policy, one that centers human dignity rather than repression, coercion, and control,” said Peniel Ibe, Policy Engagement Coordinated with the American Friends Service Committee and Co-Director of the Interfaith Immigration […]
After the Biden administration announced last week that it would keep former President Trump’s historically low refugee admissions numbers of 15,000, it received significant and apparently unexpected pushback from people of faith, refugee advocacy groups, and immigrant rights groups, who challenged President Biden for breaking his promise to refugees.