From the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (http://www.interfaithimmigration.org): Trump’s revised travel ban should fail for exactly the reason the first one did. Elizabeth Goitein | Contributor – US New & World Report March 7, 2017 Posted at https://www.usnews.com/opinion/civil-wars/articles/2017-03-07/donald-trumps-revised-travel-ban-has-same-unconstitutional-policy President Donald Trump’s second … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition (http://www.paimmigrant.org): In the first few weeks of the 2017-18 legislative session, Pennsylvania legislators introduced five bills that target immigrant and refugee communities in the state. Many state legislators believe that because both President … Continued
BuzzFeed, posted on Feb. 25, 2017, at 10:30 a.m. Salvador Hernandez, Adolfo Flores BuzzFeed News Reporters Churches across the US are fighting back against the Trump administration’s mandate to ramp up deportations with new sanctuary practices of their own, using … Continued
New York Times By Laurie Goodstein March 2, 2017 The fight against President Trump’s executive orders to turn away refugees, deport undocumented immigrants and build a wall along the Mexican border is about to escalate in many American churches. A broad … Continued
From the Project on Government Oversight (http://www.pogo.org/): Attorney General Jeff Sessions reversed the Justice Department’s decision last year to phase out its use of private prisons, despite new reports raising concerns about their use. Read more at http://www.pogo.org/blog/2017/02/private-prisons-contractor-jeff-sessions-attorney-general-program.html.
NOTE: This alert is constructed from alerts issued by Church World Service and #RevolutionaryLove President Trump has rewritten his executive order to ban travelers from six Muslim-majority countries for 90 days; suspend refugee resettlement for 120 days; and drastically reduce … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-03-03/immigrant-issues/study-finds-undocumented-immigrants-boost-pas-economy/a56690-1 March 3, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Undocumented immigrants in Pennsylvania pay about $135 million in state and local taxes. (stevepb/Pixabay) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Undocumented immigrants pay millions in … Continued
From the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (http://www.interfaithimmigration.org): Now is the time to keep the action going! The first version of the January 27th executive order to suspend the refugee resettlement program and ban the travel of individuals from 7 Muslim-majority countries … Continued
The Pennsylvania Council of Churches is deeply saddened and condemns the violence and vandalism aimed at our Jewish and Muslim brothers and sisters. We grieve the hate and fear that provokes a fear of the “other”—persons who are different—and leads … Continued