From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): You did it! Your unwavering support for a pathway to citizenship for essential workers, DACA recipients and TPS holders has made it through to the next stage of the reconciliation process in Congress. During Wednesday’s early morning … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): We always knew the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was only a band aid solution for Dreamers, young people who came to the U.S. as children and only know the U.S. as their home. … Continued
From Church World Service (http://www.churchworldservice.org): On August 2nd, the U.S. Department of State announced a Priority 2 (P-2) designation for certain Afghan nationals and their family members in need of resettlement who do not meet the specific requirements of the Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) … Continued
From the #ShutDownBerks Coalition (https://www.facebook.com/ShutDownBerksCoalition/): President Biden, Vice President Harris and DHS Secretary Mayorkas can stop incarcerating families right now. Let’s hold President Biden to his campaign promise of closing family prisons, let’s demand his White House #EndFamilyDetention and free the families. … Continued
From the #ShutDownBerks Coalition (https://www.facebook.com/ShutDownBerksCoalition/): In a statewide effort led by State Representative Manny Guzman, D-Berks, fifty-two Pennsylvania elected leaders on the local and state level drafted a letter to President Biden and Vice President Harris urging the termination of the federal ICE contract at … Continued
From the National Farmworker Ministry (http://nfwm.org/): This summer’s heat wave is creating dangerous and deadly condition for farm workers–even more than usual. Inside Climate News reports: “People around the Pacific Northwest piled into emergency cooling centers late last month to escape … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/07/16/dreamers-advocates-call-urgent-action-congress-after-judge-rules-daca-illegal “The stakes have been raised, and futures of hundreds of thousands of DACA recipients hang in the balance,” said Rep. Jamaal Bowman. “We must move in this Congress to protect DACA and create a path to citizenship … Continued
From Church World Service (http://www.churchworldservice.org): On Friday, July 16th, a Texas federal court immorally ruled that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program be partially ended, blocking new applicants from the vital program. Though people with DACA will not lose … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): Immigrants are essential, and we must create a viable pathway to citizenship for people who are living, working and raising families in our country. During the pandemic, roughly 23 million immigrants—including 5 million … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/07/13/amid-extreme-heat-humanitarian-group-reports-dozens-migrant-deaths-arizona-desert “All of this will only grow more and more urgent and dangerous as the world grows hotter, countries in the Global South become more unstable, and more folks head north.” JULIA CONLEY July 13, 2021 The Tucson, … Continued