Anti-Discrimination

Washington, DC – Yesterday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, is unlawful. While the decision keeps in place a stay that allows current DACA recipients to continue renewing their status, it sends the case back to a lower court that already ruled against the program. Over the ...

Washington, DC – Immigrant advocates, faith groups, and Haitian leaders rallied outside the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) headquarters and marched to the White House for a faith vigil today in honor of the Black asylum seekers who were subjected to abuse and mistreatment, and chased and lashed at by armed Border Patrol officers on ...

Washington, DC – Late Friday, 59 religious organizations and 111 faith leaders delivered a letter to Congress urging them to support and pass the Afghan Adjustment Act (AAA) as part of the FY2023 Continuing Resolution. Just one month after the bicameral, bipartisan introduction of the AAA, the faith groups and leaders reminded members of Congress—engaged ...

Washington, DC – Yesterday, Reuters reported that the Biden administration plans to expand asylum-blocking Title 42 expulsions to Venezuelans, Cubans, and Nicaraguans. The proposal contradicts the administration’s previous plans to put an end to the policy that was misused to block migrants from seeking asylum at the U.S. southern border under the guise of protecting ...

Washington, DC — “Welcome to Washington, DC,” said Jessica, a community volunteer, to a group of newly-arriving asylum seekers bused to the city from Texas. On the September 12 episode, “Bringing the border to Biden,” of Vox’s Today, Explained news podcast, Senior Producer/Reporter Haleema Shah highlights the coordinated welcome of migrants that have been bused to ...

God of abundant love, we ask for forgiveness for the times we have failed to see you in the faces of asylum seekers in search of safety for their children, refugees fleeing violence, and DACA recipients chasing their dreams. We ask your pardon for the times we failed to offer shelter and protection to your precious people. God of ...

“I think what scares me the most about losing my DACA status is not my own well-being, because this country has activated my indigenous blood’s survival nature, the same that ran through my ancestras’ veins. What does scare me the most is the reality that losing my status does not only impact me negatively, but ...

Washington, DC – In a letter delivered to the White House today, 208 religious leaders and 108 national, state, and local faith-based organizations urged President Biden to set the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) Presidential Determination (PD), also known as the refugee admissions goal, at 200,000 and to hold meaningful consultations with Congress in support of ...

Washington, DC – On Wednesday, the Biden Administration and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a regulation to codify the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The final DACA rule is intended to more effectively shield DACA in the courts.  While the new rule keeps the status of current DACA recipients intact, it ultimately will ...

Washington, DC – Today, in a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, 162 organizations—including nearly 20 Interfaith Immigration Coalition (IIC) member organizations—joined the Sikh Coalition, the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona (ACLU-AZ), and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in calling for an end to the mistreatment of religious ...