Immigration Justice

Washington, DC – President Trump again invoked national security to declare new travel bans and restrictions impacting 19 nations which will disrupt the lives of tens of thousands of close family members of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents as well as countless non-immigrant visa applicants. A failed policy of the first Trump administration, prejudicial ...

Washington, DC – On Thursday, May 22, the U.S. The House of Representatives voted to advance a reconciliation bill that increases funding for immigration enforcement while significantly reducing support for programs that serve vulnerable people. The Interfaith Immigration Coalition (IIC) members are deeply disappointed by the House’s passage of the reconciliation bill. As it stands, ...

Washington, DC – On April 10, 85 national and local faith organizations sent a letter to the House and Senate Homeland Security and Judiciary Committees urging them to consider the constitutional rights and inherent dignity of all immigrants as Congress drafts the budget reconciliation bill. Congress is working on a massive spending package through a ...

Washington, DC — Faith communities and religious leaders have been steadfast defenders of the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) program and fierce  advocates alongside ‘Dreamers’ and immigrants with undocumented status for over a decade. Through congressional meetings, vigils, rallies, virtual gatherings, and opinion pieces, people of faith have been relentless in calling on Congress ...

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 – Yesterday, 109 organizations, including multiple Interfaith Immigration Coalition (IIC) members, sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas urging him to review country conditions and designate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Special Student Relief (SSR) for Mali. Following the lead of African immigrant and Black-led community organizations, the ...

One of the deadliest tragedies involving migrants in the U.S.-Mexico border region occurred this week when over 40 people were found dead in an abandoned truck on the outskirts of San Antonio, Texas. The death toll has now surpassed 50 and includes at least 22 people from Mexico, seven from Guatemala, and two from Honduras.  This ...

Washington D.C. – This June 19 marked the second year that Juneteenth has been celebrated as an official federal holiday in the United States. Juneteenth National Independence Day commemorates the day in 1865 when the news of the end of slavery reached enslaved Black people in the South—over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was ...

Washington, DC – On the eve of President Biden’s State of the Union address, member groups of the Interfaith Immigration Coalition reaffirm their faith-guided values and vision for U.S. immigration to the Biden-Harris administration.  In December 2020, the IIC called for a reformed immigration system and restoration of welcome in a report submitted to the incoming ...

Washington, 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 ...