Call on Congress to #SaveAsylum WASHINGTON, DC – Faith leaders on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border are outraged that the U.S. government continues to dismantle asylum protections, and deliberately force asylum-seekers to live in squalid, dangerous conditions through the so-called “Remain in Mexico” program. Today, the House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Border Security, […]
People of Faith are “Ashamed and Angered” by U.S. “Remain in Mexico” Policy
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In 2019 Elections, Refugees and Religious Minorities Achieve Historic Firsts
Their Election ‘Keeps the American Experiment Alive’ Washington, DC – In the 2019 elections, former refugees won big in towns across the United States. Many were first-time candidates and achieved historical firsts in their local communities. Faith Williams, Associate Director of Government Relations & Advocacy at the National Council on Jewish Women and Co-Chair of […]
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Faith Groups Prepare for Congressional Field Hearing on MS Immigration Raids
“We have a renewed passion to love our neighbor, and to reject any powers that demonize and hurt them” – Reverend Steven S. Bryant Tougaloo, MS – Father Odel Medina of St. Anne Catholic Church in Carthage is scheduled to testify at the congressional field hearing on the Mississippi immigration raids, led by the House […]
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Snapshot on Jesuit Conference Office of Justice and Ecology
Loving one another in truth and action Washington, DC – This is the latest in a series of “snapshots” on the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (IIC) and its member organizations. Who They Are: The Jesuit Conference Office of Justice and Ecology (OJE) advocates, networks and educates for social and environmental justice, placing the voices of marginalized […]
DACA Recipients in Faith Networks Available for Interview
Washington, DC – Religious organizations are providers of spiritual guidance, education, health care, child care, and low-cost legal services in communities across the United States. Through this service, they know first-hand what ending DACA would mean for so many American families. Religious groups also count DACA recipients among their leadership and staff. By serving their […]
Cameroon American Council, CISPES DC, Justice for Muslims Collective, CASA, Interfaith Immigration Coalition, Church World Service, and others to protest ICE and demand answers on mysterious death of Detained Cameroonian Immigrant
What: Protest at ICE Headquarters on 4 week anniversary of death of detained Cameroonian When: TODAY, Tuesday, October 29, 5:30PM Where: ICE Headquarters, 500 12th St., SW, Washington, D.C. Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/2192305967737276/?notif_t=plan_user_associated¬if_id=1572288061262209 Who: (Washington, D.C. 10/29/19) – On Tuesday, October 29th, several organizations led by the Cameroon American Council will gather outside ICE headquarters […]
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Cameroon American Council, CISPES DC, Justice for Muslims Collective, CASA, Interfaith Immigration Coalition, Church World Service, and others to protest ICE and demand answers on mysterious death of detained Cameroonian immigrant
What: Protest at ICE Headquarters on 4 week anniversary of death of detained Cameroonian When: TODAY, Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at 5:30PM Where: ICE Headquarters, 500 12th St., SW, Washington, D.C. Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/2192305967737276/?notif_t=plan_user_associated¬if_id=1572288061262209 Who: (Washington, D.C. 10/29/19) – On Tuesday, October 29th, several organizations led by the Cameroon American Council will gather outside […]
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Snapshot on Columban Center for Advocacy and Outreach
Borders are an opportunity for all of us to be transformed Washington, DC – This is the latest in a series of “snapshots” on the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (IIC) and its member organizations. Who They Are: The Columban Center for Advocacy and Outreach (CCAO) is the US-based advocacy office for the Missionary Society of St. […]
Trump Administration Undercuts Asylum, Again, With “Prompt Asylum Claim Review”
To Reject Refugees is to Miss Christ’s Message of Love for One Another, Says IIC’s Adams Washington, DC – The Washington Post is reporting that, once again, the Trump administration is putting more roadblocks into the asylum process, starting with a pilot program in El Paso to fast-track asylum screenings and make it more difficult […]
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Sixteen Republican House Members Urge Trump Administration to Uphold Refugee Protections
CO, FL, GA, IN, MI, NJ, NY, OH, PA, UT, and WA Represented Washington, DC – In response to the Trump administration’s evisceration of the U.S. refugee resettlement program, Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) and sixteen other Republican Members of Congress sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urging the administration to “maintain the […]
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