When Members of Congress know that their constituents care about immigrants’ rights, they vote accordingly. Establishing and nurturing relationships with your Senators and Representatives is crucial to enacting immigration policies that protect and affirm the rights of immigrants, and also to stopping proposals that would negatively impact immigrant communities.
Every Senator and Representative has an office – often multiple offices – in their home state. They work from these local offices during “congressional recess,” making it convenient for your voice to be heard.
Neighbor to Neighbor visits are meetings that you and others in your community set up with your Members of Congress and/or their staff to urge them to genuinely support and stand with immigrant families and communities.
Plan your advocacy visit today!
Download our August Recess Toolkit to plan your visit, and please distribute to your networks! Check out our backgrounder on critical issues to raise with your Members of Congress in your August visits.
To learn more about how to engage your Members of Congress, check out our Neighbor to Neighbor Toolkit – 2017.
Tell us about your activities: Register Here
Record your activities by clicking here! We’ll use them to tell Members of Congress in DC that you took action and to show the power of people united around a common goal to build welcoming communities.
For a state-by-state list of town halls and other events to meet with your Members of Congress, click here. For more information from the Town Hall Project, please visit townhallproject.com.
Additional Resources to Respond to an Unfaithful Budget
Call in Action Alert for President Trump’s Budget Request
Leave this “ask” sheet behind in Congressional Offices, or at Town Halls!
See a list of town halls and other opportunities to meet with your member of Congress face to face: Town Hall Project 2018.
Talking Points on Detention, Enforcement, and Border
Talking Points on Refugee Resettlement and Assistance
More than 600 faith leaders, congregations, and organizations across traditions signed this letter opposing the RAISE Act of 2017.
April 10-22, 2017 Resources
Background Explainer – Tell Congress: No Funds for Exclusionary, Enforcement Only Policies
Leave this “ask” sheet behind in Congressional Offices!
See a list of town halls and other opportunities to meet with your member of Congress face to face: Town Hall Project 2018.
State-by-State Fact Sheets with Immigration Statistics
What would you spend $3 billion on?
Resources
The following are useful resources to either learn from, or print and share with members of Congress during Neighbor-to-Neighbor in-district meetings.
Interfaith Immigration Coalition Platform
Interfaith Immigration Coalition: Commitments for the 115th Congress
Faithfully Responding to President Trump’s Executive Orders
Welcoming Refugees – State by State Stories
Refugee and Immigration Bill in Response to President Trump’s Executive Orders
NYT: The Shame of America’s Family Detention Camps
See a list of refugee resettlement offices near you: bit.ly/refugeeoffices
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