From Church World Service (http://www.churchworldservice.org): Since February 1st, 18 deportation flights have gone to Haiti, expelling over 1,000 Haitians, including at least 270 children, under a Trump-era policy that uses COVID-19 as an excuse to deny immigrants access to the asylum … Continued
Statement attributable to Luis Guardia, President, Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) WASHINGTON, March 10, 2021 — The Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) is beyond pleased that the 2019 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) public charge rule has been blocked permanently nationwide. … Continued
Ask your Senators/Representatives to modernize and humanize our nation’s immigration system by creating an earned pathway to citizenship. You can send a message through the ELCA Action Center. (NOTE: You do not need to be Lutheran to use this.) “I am … Continued
From the Anti-Defamation League (https://www.adl.org/): Anti-Asian hate, bias and violence have significantly increased since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, with some prominent voices stoking this hate by broadly blaming Asian people for the spread of the illness. As a … Continued
rom Church World Service (http://www.churchworldservice.org): The Biden administration is expected to take executive action to increase refugee arrivals and begin restoring the resettlement program any day. This is particularly welcome news, in light of strong support for America as a beacon of … Continued
From the #ShutDownBerks Coalition (https://www.facebook.com/ShutDownBerksCoalition/): Last week we updated supporters about all families being released from the Berks County Detention Center. As excited as we were for those families, we remained cautious and vigilant because we are all too familiar … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): The time has come to reset and rebuild our immigration system and the good news is that many legislators are getting to work. There is now some hope on the horizon for creating a fair immigration process! This … Continued
From Church World Service (http://www.churchworldservice.org): The Biden administration is expected to take executive action to increase refugee arrivals and begin restoring the resettlement program any day. This is particularly welcome news, in light of strong support for America as a beacon of … Continued
On the morning of Friday February 26th, the Shut Down Berks Coalition was delighted to learn that all families being held at the Berks County Detention Center were being released to their relatives and loved ones. It is the first … Continued
From the Movement for Immigrant Leaders in Pennsylvania (https://www.facebook.com/MILPA-Movimiento-de-Inmigrantes-L%C3%ADderes-en-Pensilvania-560395850837844/): The Driving PA Forward Coalition (https://drivingpaforward.org/) has started a 40-day campaign to garner support for people being able to apply for a PA Driver’s License without a social security number. They … Continued