As Congress returns from August recess and we gear up to push anew for genuine immigration reform, please plan to join people of faith from all across the country for an Interfaith Immigration Coalition Grassroots Call on Monday, September 9 at 4p.m. EDT. The struggle for reform intensifies now as we focus on the House […]
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Call Your Representative Today!
Action in the House is stalled – Your calls are urgently needed to get Congress to enact immigration reform NOW! On September 20, the efforts of a bipartisan group in the House of Representatives were interrupted when two Republicans left the group, which had been working on an immigration reform bill. Even with this bump […]
Faith Letter Opposing the SAFE Act
The following letter is not a statement of the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (IIC) and only speaks for the listed organizations and individuals. Download PDF: Faith Letter Opposing the SAFE Act August 21, 2013 Dear Speaker Boehner, We, the undersigned faith organizations and leaders write to express our concern about provisions in the Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement, […]
Grassroots Webinar: July 1st
Date: July 1 Time: 4 PM EST Call In Information: Dial in #: 805-399-1000 Access code: 104402 Note: To receive the visual portion of the webinar, please click here. Find out what the results were in the Senate on S.744: Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013 and what the next steps are in the House! If […]
Call Congress and Support Comprehensive Immigration Reform
And don’t just call – drop in and visit your Representative’s local office! The Senate recently passed immigration reform with a robustly bipartisan 68-32 vote, and now the big question is what the House will do. So far, House Committees have approved five bills, none of which create a path to citizenship, and all of […]
Coalition Members Respond to Senate Passage of the Immigration Reform Bill
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) American Jewish Committee (AJC) Bread For the World Church World Service Committee On Migration Disciples of Christ Joint statement from The Episcopal Church and The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Franciscan Action Network Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service National […]
Faith Community Alerts/Statements on Corker-Hoeven Amendment
Please note that the following alerts are individual statements of the IIC member. The statements are not a statement of the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (IIC) and only speak for the respective organizations. Christian Church/Disciples of Christ Conference of Major Superiors of Men (CMSM) Alert CWS Alert | Statement Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) Alert Lutheran […]
Faith Community Response to Corker-Hoeven Border Security Amendment
Please note that the following letter was an organizational sign-on letter sent by a number of IIC members to Senators. This letter is not a statement of the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (IIC) and only speaks for the organizations listed. IIC members have also released their own alerts and statements on the Corker-Hoeven border security amendment. […]
Prominent faith leaders from key states speak out at U.S. Capitol on immigration reform
Prayer service kicks off massive push on Gang of Eight Bill All photos by Jim Coates At a critical time in the Senate debate on immigration reform, faith leaders from key states converged on Washington, DC, to advocate for just and humane immigration reform. On Tuesday morning, pastors, nuns, rabbis, and lay leaders from 16 […]
Prominent faith leaders from key states fly in to DC to lobby for immigration reform
Prayer service on West Front Lawn of Capitol kicks off massive push on Gang of Eight Bill At a critical time in the Senate debate on immigration reform, faith leaders from key states are converging on Washington, DC, to advocate for just and humane immigration reform. On Tuesday morning, pastors, nuns, rabbis, and lay leaders […]