Border policies must be grounded in humanitarian values; protect life, tribal sovereignty, sacred sites, and the environment; and center border residents in decision-making.
“Shoot Them in the Legs”: The President is Gaslighting the Nation, But We Cannot Afford to Lose Our Souls
October 2, 2019Washington, DC – A disturbing article in The New York Times, “Shoot Them in the Legs, Trump Suggested: Inside His Border War,” confirms what we have known all along: the President does not view migrants as humans, made in the image of God. Katie Adams, Policy Advocate for Domestic Issues at the United Church of Christ ...Religious Media Outlets Highlight Faith-Based Response to Migration: Valuing Human Lives
July 9, 2019US Government Should Follow Faithful Americans’ Lead Washington, DC – Maribel and Mayra are two Honduran women seeking safety for their children, and they have so much more in common: gang violence and victimization; threatened children; robbery in Mexico; and a faith community stepping up to help advocate for their safety. Their stories show that there ...Religious Values vs. Trump’s Immigration Policy – A Primer for July 4 Recess
July 3, 2019Washington, DC – The crisis of Trump’s making at our southern border has lead to the deaths of migrants of all ages. Yet rather than treat individuals with human dignity and recognize their legal right to apply for asylum, the administration is prosecuting humanitarians for following our religious teachings, continuing to erase the asylum process, ...Interfaith Leaders, Mayan League, Senator Merkley Mourn Deaths of Immigrant Children in Our Care
May 23, 2019Juanita Cabrera Lopez: “Stand with the Maya peoples and act from a place of compassion, humanity, dignity and truth as we demand answers, accountability, and justice for our children” Video: https://www.facebook.com/churchworldservice/videos/2351949131714196/ “Virtual vigil” continues online: https://www.facebook.com/events/468495077026305/?ti=ia Washington, D.C. — Children are dying at our nation’s border, after coming here for safety and protection. Carlos, a sixteen ...Rep. Underwood is Right: DHS is Making Intentional Policy Choices that Harm Children and Families
May 22, 2019Washington, D.C. — In a hearing today, Acting DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan faced a tough line of questioning from Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (D-IL) about the administration’s treatment of families and children arriving at our nation’s southern border and asking for protection. After trying to evade her questions, McAleenan finally admitted that he is aware of research ...UPDATED: Merkley to Open Vigil Mourning Children Who Died at U.S. Border
May 22, 2019***MEDIA ADVISORY*** THURSDAY, MAY 23, 9AM ET Interfaith Vigil Mourning Children Who Died at U.S. Border Live stream and “virtual vigil” here: https://www.facebook.com/events/468495077026305/?ti=ia Washington, D.C. — A fifth child from Guatemala died this week after journeying to our nation’s border and asking for protection. Today, we also learned that a ten year-old girl from El Salvador died in ...Katie Adams, IIC Co-Chair, in The Hill
May 8, 2019We cannot allow the administration to use scare tactics to justify its fatal response on immigration and demand for more enforcement Washington, DC – Ahead of today’s hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration, Interfaith Immigration Coalition (IIC) Co-Chair Katie Adams wrote this op-ed, which was published in The Hill. At ...“People are stepping up and caring for each other”
April 4, 2019Washington, DC – America Magazine, the Jesuit review of faith and culture, is out with a new piece describing how Americans of diverse backgrounds are going about the important business of assisting families seeking asylum at the US/Mexico border, while the U.S. government continues to cruelly and deliberately mishandle and exacerbate the situation. Following are ...Year of Faithful Presence Opposing “Zero Tolerance”
April 4, 2019Washington, DC — April 6 marks one year since then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions publicly announced the immoral and harmful so-called “zero tolerance” immigration policy. This policy expanded the criminal prosecution of individuals for migration offenses by targeting families seeking safety. This horrifying policy forcibly separated children from their parents and manufactured a humanitarian crisis at ...
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