Religion

Families Remain Separated Washington, DC – This morning, the House Judiciary’s Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship and House Committee on Foreign Affairs’ Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold a much-needed oversight hearing on the Trump administration’s Muslim and refugee bans. The Interfaith Immigration Coalition (IIC) roundly condemns the so-called Muslim and refugee bans this administration has ...

“Everything we do is rooted in our faith traditions” Washington, DC – This is the first in a series of “snapshots” on the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (IIC) and its member organizations. Each week, we will introduce a different member of the IIC. Today, we start with the broader coalition. Who They Are: The Interfaith Immigration Coalition (IIC) ...

Religion should never be used as a weapon to exclude and discriminate Washington, DC – In a strongly-worded letter, 110 faith leaders and seventeen national religious organizations expressed opposition to the Department of Labor’s attempt to use religious freedom as an excuse for workplace discrimination.  Arguing against the proposed rule “Implementing Legal Requirements Regarding the Equal Opportunity ...

Washington, DC – The religious community was in full action mode over August recess, because advocating for human dignity, justice, and freedom cannot wait.   The El Paso shooting, other white supremacist attacks, and the administration’s ongoing cruelty toward poor people, immigrants, children, and the infirm, underscored the importance of leadership and how much work remains to ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 7, 2019 Contact: Bilal Askaryar | baskaryar@cwsglobal.org | 202-750-0960 Washington, D.C.: In the wake of the El Paso shooting linked to escalating xenophobic and racist rhetoric against immigrants, faith leaders of national organizations from multiple traditions responded by denouncing racism and white supremacism while calling on the Trump administration to renounce its dangerous anti-immigrant policy agenda. Rabbi Jill Jacobs, executive director ...

Washington, DC – Interfaith Immigration Coalition (IIC) Co-Chair Faith Williams is traveling to Ft. Sill, Oklahoma to join the Heartland for Human Justice Coalition’s protest of a potential immigrant detention center at this historic site. The protest and interfaith prayer vigil will take place on August 1.  Event details from the organizers: Women’s Voices Raised for Social ...

US 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 ...

Washington, DC – Religious leaders are outraged to see the Trump administration’s latest attack on immigrant leaders who have lived in our communities for years. The government is issuing steep, nearly $500,000 fines to immigrants who are claiming Sanctuary in congregations across the country while they continue to fight their deportation cases.  Isaac S. Villegas, pastor ...

Washington, 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, ...

Capitol Hill Vigil Remembers Those Who Died in Holocaust, While RFK Awards Honor Those Working for Human Rights Today Washington, DC – Eighty years ago today, the United States refused dockage to a ship called the St. Louis carrying more than nine hundred Jewish refugees. When the U.S. turned those nine hundred men, women, and children ...