Thanks to UUPLAN for this alert. CALL YOUR SENATORS & REPRESENTATIVE TODAY. Sample Script: “I’m your constituent from [CITY/TOWN], and I am strongly OPPOSED to Senators Cotton and Perdue’s RAISE Act. This bill would permanently cut refugee resettlement numbers to … Continued
From the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (http://www.interfaithimmigration.org): Right now, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is under an immediate, existential threat. Ten attorneys general have threatened to sue President Trump if he doesn’t terminate the DACA program by September … Continued
From Repairers of the Breach (http://www.breachrepairers.org/): Elected officials have been using fear of the stranger to ban Muslims and refugees, militarize our borders, and target black and brown immigrants (including children and families) for detention and deportation. As people of … Continued
From Church World Service (http://www.churchworldservice.org): Right now the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival could be rescinded by the Trump Administration at any moment. Ten attorneys general have threatened to sue Trump if he doesn’t terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood … Continued
From Church World Service (http://www.churchworldservice.org): Right now, President Trump and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are considering whether or not to extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Syrians, Sudanese, Somalis, and Yemenis in the United States. In response to … Continued
From the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (http://www.interfaithimmigration.org): As we work to defend DACA, we are asking you—faith leaders, elected officials, law enforcement, and civic leaders—to sign onto this new We Are With Dreamers letter to demonstrate broad solidarity with dreamers. Please sign this letter … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2017/08/03/faith-leaders-stand-young-dreamers-front-white-house%e2%80%8b/#.WYOKgWfCZaU By Deborah Weinstein August 3, 2017 On August 2, faith leaders, other advocates, and young people who have legal immigrant status as part of the DACA program gathered together in front of the White House. They were … Continued
From Church World Service (http://www.churchworldservice.org): Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR) and David Perdue (R-GA) have introduced the “Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy” (RAISE) Act, which has garnered support from President Trump and white nativists. If passed this legislation would … Continued
From the National Immigration Law Center (http://www.nilc.org): Republican Senators David Perdue and Tom Cotton have launched a new attack on immigrant families, introducing a bill that would cut legal immigration in half – and President Trump fully endorses it. The … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition (http://www.paimmigrant.org): Immigration enforcement has been at the center of this year’s budget debate. The House just passed a “minibus” last week that would provide funding for a border wall, increased enforcement, and immigrant … Continued