From Church World Service (http://www.churchworldservice.org): As the United States rebuilds its capacity to welcome and Congress considers funding for Fiscal Year 2022, it is vital that Congress invest in an effective, humane, and just immigration system that upholds the dignity … Continued
From No Muslim Ban Ever (https://www.nomuslimbanever.com): WASHINGTON, DC — Members of the No Muslim Ban Ever coalition, the largest grassroots campaign that worked to repeal the Trump administration’s Muslim and African Bans, welcome today’s reintroduction of the NO BAN Act in the … Continued
From the Latin America Working Group (https://www.lawg.org/): Recently the Biden Administration announced a 18 month extension for over 100,000 Haitians with Temporary Protected Status (TPS). This is a huge win thanks to hard-fought advocacy by the Haitian-American community and supporters, … Continued
From the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (http://www.interfaithimmigration.org): What does #WelcomeWithDignity means? It means embodying our faith values by protecting children at our border, allowing asylum seekers to exercise their right to claim asylum, and respecting the sacred humanity and dignity of all of … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): Immigrants are essential. During the pandemic, an estimated 23 million immigrants, including 5 million undocumented people, have served as health care workers or researchers, public health and safety workers, and food system workers … Continued
From Faith in Public Life (http://www.faithinpubliclife.org): As we celebrate Mother’s Day, my heart is filled with compassion for the thousands of immigrant families that have been separated from their mothers due to the harmful zero tolerance policy enacted by the … Continued
From the Juggernaut Project (https://juggernautproject.com/): I’m Mansoor Adayfi, otherwise known as “441”– my internment serial number (ISN) at the Guantánamo Bay military prison where I spent over 14 terrible years of my life. I wrote more about my story in … Continued
From the National Religious Campaign Against Torture (http://www.nrcat.org): President Biden has announced that he was raising the cap on the number of refugees who can be admitted to the United States this year to 62,500. While 62,500 is still far … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/04/16/utterly-unacceptable-and-shameful-anger-erupts-over-biden-plan-keep-trump-era NOTE: The administration has reversed this decision and will raise the cap to 62,500 in May, and has committed to raising it to 125,000 by the end of the administration’s first full fiscal year. “Biden is turning … Continued
From Church World Service (http://www.churchworldservice.org): Today, the Biden administration announced that it will keep the historic-low refugee admissions goal of 15,000 in place for the remainder of this fiscal year, despite promising to raise the goal to 62,500. Although the administration plans … Continued