Asylum

Asylum

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.

Toolkits and Religious Resources

Toolkit: Virtual Advocacy Days to #SaveAsylum
#Comments4Asylum: Interfaith Toolkit
U.S. Americans of Faith Say: End Anti-Immigrant “COVID” Policies
Faith Leaders: Include Immigrants in COVID-19 Response
#Faith4Asylum Resources
Epiphany Devotion on Asylum 2020
Family-Friendly Asylum Resource
The Way of Asylum
Haggadah Insert on Asylum 2020
#Faith4Asylum March 2020 Toolkit
  • Tear Down Walls and Build Communities

    December 10, 2020
    Tear Down Walls and Build Communities
    IIC Priorities for Biden-Harris Administration Washington, DC – The Torah, the Christian Bible, the Qur’an, and the Hindu Taitiriya Upanishad are all clear: welcoming the “wayfarer” and recognizing every individuals’ God-given humanity are values to defend and extend.  The Interfaith Immigration Coalition (IIC) released “The Interfaith Framework for Welcoming and Supporting Migrants, Immigrants, Asylum Seekers, and Refugees,” ...
  • Summary: IIC Recommendations for the Biden-Harris Administration

    December 10, 2020
    Summary: IIC Recommendations for the Biden-Harris Administration
    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. Read the complete document, “Interfaith Framework for Welcoming and Supporting Migrants, Immigrants, Asylum Seekers, and Refugees,” here.  Bring accountability, compassion, fairness, and morality ...
  • Thanksgiving Eve, A Temporary Reprieve for #28Children

    December 1, 2020
    Thanksgiving Eve, A Temporary Reprieve for #28Children
    But COVID Outbreak Adds New Threat to #SafetyForThe28 Washington, DC – 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 imminent deportation from the South Texas Family Residential Center and Berks County Residential Detention Center in Pennsylvania. “This stay ...
  • Immigrant Children and Attorneys Plea: Stop Family Deportations

    November 19, 2020
    Immigrant Children and Attorneys Plea: Stop Family Deportations
    Dilley, TX and Leesport, PA – “¿Puedo decir algo más? / Can I say something else?” That’s the voice of “Antonio,” an eight year-old boy, detained with his family in the South Texas Family Residential Center for more than 456 days. He spoke to reporters about his hopes and fears, from the detention center. Antonio ...
  • Elissa Diaz on Biden-Harris Victory

    November 7, 2020
    Elissa Diaz on Biden-Harris Victory
    Washington, DC – Following is a statement from Elissa Diaz, Policy Associate for Church World Service and Chair of the Interfaith Immigration Coalition. Today we celebrate the opportunity to turn a page, as a country, and move toward healing. When it comes to federal immigration policy, the past four years have been dark, driven by xenophobia. The ...
  • Black Immigrants’ Lives Matter

    October 30, 2020
    Black Immigrants' Lives Matter
    A statement and call to action from Interfaith Immigration Coalition Washington, DC – The failure of U.S. immigration judges to give Black asylum-seekers a fair hearing compels us to write this statement. The U.S. Border Patrol’s refusal to even listen to Haitian asylum-seekers’ fears when they arrive at the border compels us to write this statement. The U.S. ...
  • “We Breathe the Same Air”: Black Immigrants Speak Out Against Abuses, Deportation

    October 22, 2020
    “We Breathe the Same Air”: Black Immigrants Speak Out Against Abuses, Deportation
    New Backgrounder on Deportations of Refugees to Cameroon WASHINGTON – Despite the global pandemic which has slowed most international travel, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is accelerating the deportation of Black migrants to countries they fled, retaliating against those who speak out about abuses in detention. On October 13, a group of nearly 60 Cameroonian and ...
  • Expedited Removal – “Denying God’s Just Work and Each Other’s Humanity”

    October 16, 2020
    Expedited Removal - “Denying God’s Just Work and Each Other’s Humanity”
    Washington, DC – The Trump administration is finding more ways to deport immigrants from the United States without access to lawyers, courts, or due process. “The administration is using every cheap trick in the book to put people in danger. By empowering ICE to summarily deport members of our communities, the president is pandering to his ...
  • Black Africans Confront the U.S. Asylum System (Recording)

    October 5, 2020
    Black Africans Confront the U.S. Asylum System (Recording)
    Washington, DC – On September 30, the last day of National African Immigrant Heritage Month, hundreds of people joined a Zoom meeting to learn about the journey many Black Africans make to the U.S. to escape persecution–and the journey some are forced to make back via deportation.  A recording is available here. Sylvie Bello of the ...
  • The Cry to #FreeBinsar Grows Louder

    October 1, 2020
    The Cry to #FreeBinsar Grows Louder
    Over 1,000 Faith Leaders from 43 States Ask DHS, ICE, and Congress to Allow Binsar Siahaan to Continue His Case in Sanctuary (photo: Susan Saudek) Washington, DC – This week, 1,038 faith leaders from forty-three states, including WI, MI, PA, NC, AZ and the District of Columbia sent a letter to Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad ...

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