From Church World Service (http://www.churchworldservice.org): The Administration met with Congress on Monday October 1st to consult on refugee resettlement and set the refugee admissions goal for Fiscal Year 2019. Despite outcry from Members of Congress on both sides of the … Continued
From the Project on Government Oversight (http://www.pogo.org/): September 25, 2018 Open the Government and the Project On Government Oversight have obtained documents through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request that provide new insights into internal decision-making behind the separation of thousands … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2018/10/01/citizenship-question-will-hurt-us/#.W7UFBntKgdU By Lecia Imbery October 1, 2018 On September 30, The New York Times published an opinion piece written by William Frey, a demographer, professor, and fellow at the Brookings Institution, about the Trump Administration’s efforts to include a citizenship question … Continued
From Faith in Public Life (http://www.faithinpubliclife.org): This spring, a Honduran couple with their 3-year-old son were passing through the Guatemala-Mexico border, just hours after fleeing death threats. Days later, the administration implemented the zero tolerance policy and within just a … Continued
From Families USA (http://www.familiesusa.org): This weekend, the Trump administration announced a proposed “public charge” rule that would drastically change requirements for certain immigrants to enter the United States or become permanent residents, leaving many to choose between health care or … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2018/09/24/trumps-public-charge-proposal-sicker-hungrier-poorer-nation/#.W6kiyHtKgdU By CHN September 24, 2018 Deborah Weinstein, Executive Director of the Coalition on Human Needs, issued the following statement Monday in response to the Trump Administration’s proposed Department of Homeland Security Public Charge rule regarding immigrants: “The Administration’s … Continued
From CLASP (http://www.clasp.org/): The Administration announced a damaging new proposal Saturday night that would hurt immigrants and their families. We wanted to let you know about this proposal and encourage you to join us in pushing back. Under the proposed … Continued
Together with #DefundHate coalition partners, you helped defeat ICE’s special funding request for immigrant detention! The Washington Post reported that ICE’s request was for 1 billion dollars, specifically to expand immigrant detention. The spending bill passed through the Senate and … Continued
From the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (http://www.interfaithimmigration.org): The administration has just set the refugee admissions goal for next fiscal year at 30,000 – the lowest level in U.S. history. This drastically low number will leave tens of thousands of vulnerable refugees without … Continued
From the Poor People’s Campaign (https://poorpeoplescampaign.org/): Our children are targets. The Co-Chairs of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, along with poor people, advocates, as well as denominational and national faith leaders are fighting back to … Continued