Seeking asylum is an internationally-recognized human right.
#Faith4Asylum is a project of the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (IIC). This campaign is about ending Remain in Mexico/MPP and other cruel asylum policies of the U.S. government, as well as restoring the promise and protection of asylum in the United States. Our diverse faith traditions believe that “welcoming the traveler” and treating newcomers as we would God are part of our human social contract.
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One Year into Biden Administration, 900 Faith Leaders, Religious and Immigrant Rights Groups Demand Biden Halt Immigration Detention
January 19, 2022Washington, DC – Today, nine hundred spiritual leaders and multiple faith-based and immigrant rights groups delivered a letter to the White House urging the Biden administration to immediately halt all efforts to expand immigrant detention. With the one-year anniversary of President Biden’s inauguration approaching, the signatories – including Church World Service, Detention Watch Network, Interfaith ...At Start of Las Posadas, International Migrants Day, Biden Sends 100th Expulsion Flight to Haiti
December 17, 2021Washington, DC – Just days into the observance of Las Posadas and on the eve of International Migrants Day, President Biden sent the 100th expulsion flight to Haiti in less than three months. These nearly daily flights have resulted in the removal of over 10,700 Haitians who sought refuge in the United States, nearly half ...Righteous Anger: Faith Groups Outraged by Biden Administration Decision to Expand ‘Remain in Mexico’
December 2, 2021Washington, DC – Today the Biden administration announced its decision to reimplement and expand the so-called “Migrant Protection Protocols” (MPP), also known as “Remain in Mexico” – a policy that forces asylum seekers to wait in dangerous conditions in Mexico for their asylum hearings in the United States. People of faith express righteous anger at ...Displaced People in Ciudad Juárez Share Root Causes of Forced Migration in New Hope Border Institute Report
December 2, 2021Washington, DC – Interfaith Immigration Coalition partner Hope Border Institute of El Paso, Texas released its latest report, “No Queda de Otra: An Exploration of the Root Causes of Migration to the Southern Border.” Based on dozens of interviews with migrants and asylum seekers in Ciudad Juárez, the research finds that climate change and the ...Doctors, Faith Leaders, & Advocates Deliver 200,000+ Signatures Demanding Biden Restore Asylum
November 22, 2021Washington, DC – On Friday, rabbis, pastors, doctors, public health experts, and human rights leaders delivered more than 200,000 signatures to the White House demanding President Biden and the Center for Disease Control to take immediate action to restore the right to seek asylum by ending Trump-era, asylum-blocking policies such as Title 42 and ‘Remain ...Cameroon Advocacy Network to Biden Administration: End Trump Deportation Policy; Grant Cameroon TPS Now!
November 2, 2021Washington, DC – On Friday, following a non-stop week of action on Capitol Hill, the Cameroon Advocacy Network (CAN) hosted a virtual listening session to demand safety and dignified treatment of Cameroonians in the United States in light of the Biden administration’s continued cruel treatment and deportations of Cameroonian people. The listening session took place just ...Backgrounder: TPS For Cameroon is Urgent
October 27, 2021One year ago, Trump administration ICE officials used pepper-spray, choke holds, the WRAP torture device, and other forms of violence to forcibly deport Cameroonian, Congolese, and other African refugees to countries they fled, propelling a nationwide legal and advocacy movement to stop these cruel practices. From this sprung the Cameroon Advocacy Network (CAN), led by ...Zoom Listening Session: TPS for Cameroon
October 26, 2021ZOOM LISTENING SESSION – OCTOBER 29, NOON ET Cameroon Advocacy Network to Biden Administration: End Trump Deportation Policy; Designate TPS for Cameroon Washington, DC – As the Biden administration continues to deport people to violence and arrest in Cameroon, the most impacted people are bravely speaking up, demanding safety and dignified treatment in the United States. Following a ...Anti-Black Racism is Affront to God-Given Dignity of Black Immigrants
October 15, 2021Washington, DC – Many people were shocked and horrified by recent photos of U.S. border agents on horses with whips, storming through a group of Haitian people seeking safety in the United States—trying to move them like cattle. But those who have been advocating against inhumane asylum, detention, and deportation policies for years saw the ...Faith Partners, Asylum Seekers, & Rep. Judy Chu Hold #SaveAsylum Vigil at White House, WaPo Article Highlights Faith Groups’ Advocacy for Haitians
September 29, 2021WASHINGTON, DC – Asylum seekers, civil rights leaders, immigration advocates, and faith leaders were joined by Rep. Judy Chu to take prophetic action in solidarity with migrants denied access to asylum by the inhumane Title 42 policy in front of the White House today. By lifting up the demands and testimonies of directly impacted asylum ...
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