Communities of faith support refugee resettlement and will continue to welcome refugees and other vulnerable individuals into our homes, communities, and hearts.
Toolkit: Improving Opportunities for New Americans Act (HR 8046)
September 21, 2020Share this toolkit with your network: http://bit.ly/ToolkitHR8046 @interfaithimm • Facebook • interfaithimmigration.org Background Refugees and immigrants are beloved members of our communities and vital to their prosperity. However, many immigrants and refugees remain unable to fully contribute their talents to the workforce because of systemic barriers, including the lack of recognition of their international education and experience, outdated ...Toolkit: Advocate for an Immigrant-Inclusive COVID-19 Relief Bill
September 11, 2020Tell Congress to include immigrants and refugees in our country’s economic recovery! Share this toolkit with your networks: http://bit.ly/COVIDReliefIIC @interfaithimm • Facebook • interfaithimmigration.org Background For months, we have been calling for a comprehensive COVID-19 relief bill that includes all members of our communities. As Congress returns from recess, we again raise our voices to advocate for a COVID-19 ...August’s Powerful Moments from People of Faith
September 8, 2020Organizing for Immigrants, Refugees, Black Lives – True Justice for All Washington, DC – It was another brutal August in the United States–both due to heat and the general state of things–but people of faith continued to show up and organize for justice for all. Black lives, immigrants, refugees. Everyone. This summer, we followed our call to ...600 Leaders + Faith-Based Groups Call on President to Welcome 95k Refugees
September 2, 2020Washington, DC – President Trump is required to consult with Congress by the end of this month, before determining how many refugees to resettle in the United States in Fiscal Year 2021. Over the past three years, the Trump administration has failed to follow through on its consultation duty, and cut the number of refugees ...World Refugee Day June 20th, 2020
June 17, 2020Faith Leaders Commemorate World Refugee Day June 20, Urge U.S. to Restore Protections That Save Lives “Our lives and rights are interconnected, and the racism that has gutted refugee resettlement is part and parcel to the hatred that harms and kills Black people in the United States” Washington, DC – June 20th is World Refugee Day, a day ...339 Faith-Based Groups and 1,356 Leaders Call for End to Anti-Immigrant “COVID” Policies
June 15, 2020Washington, DC – Today, 339 faith-based organizations and 1,356 faith leaders from all fifty states, plus DC, are issuing an open letter to policymakers at all levels, demanding an end to anti-immigrant policies put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic. The letter comes on the same day that a proposed rule to completely gut the ...Trump’s Exploitation of COVID-19 Emergency a National Disgrace
April 21, 2020Washington, DC – In a late-night Tweet, President Trump made another major policy announcement that his aides are now scrambling to implement. It was not an announcement that the federal government would stop seizing PPE from the states and other nations. Not an announcement that the federal government would stop deporting people who test positive for ...Faith Leaders: Include Immigrants in COVID-19 Protection
April 20, 2020Washington, DC – Two hundred twenty-four faith-based organizations and over 1,000 faith leaders sent a letter to the Trump administration, Congress, and Governors, telling them that “immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers must be included in our emergency response if we are to assist everyone who is in need.” The organizations and individuals span ...Turning Our Backs on Refugees “Endangers the Soul and Substance of our Country”
March 16, 202040th Anniversary of Refugee Act Washington, DC – March 17 is the anniversary of implementation of the Refugee Act of 1980. After forty years of history and leadership in humanitarian protection, the Trump administration has dismantled the U.S. asylum and refugee programs. Faith leaders decry this deterioration of our proud tradition of offering welcome and a ...U.S. Budget is a Moral Roadmap That Must Prioritize Human Needs, Restore Welcome
March 4, 2020As the administration immorally mismanages taxpayer dollars, faith communities urge Congress to pass a faithful budget that invests in community wholeness and lifts up the sacred dignity of every person. WASHINGTON, DC – As Congress conducts its appropriations and oversight duties, faith communities call on legislators to uphold our moral and legal obligations, refuse to expand ...
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