Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-02-10/immigrant-issues/state-senate-passes-bill-to-punish-pa-sanctuary-cities/a56331-1 February 10, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window The ACLU says it has seen cases in which U.S. citizens have been held in Pennsylvania jails on erroneous ICE detainers. (Neil … Continued
From Amnesty International USA (http://www.amnestyusa.org): “He cried in my arms for many minutes, while I tried to reassure him…His grief and anxiety were a direct consequence of the evolving confusion around the executive order.” That’s what Rep. Beyer of Virginia, … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition (http://www.paimmigrant.org): In the face of attacks on immigrant and refugee communities at the federal, state, and local levels, communities across PA are creating shared strategies to resist these attacks and advance policies that … Continued
Posted at http://www.chn.org/2017/02/01/14967/#.WJTYeFMrIdU By Lecia Imbery February 1, 2017 Last weekend, President Trump signed an Executive Order effectively banning Muslims from seven countries from entering the U.S. and suspending the refugee resettlement program. Advocates across the country rightly responded with outrage … Continued
From the National Council of Churches (http://www.ncccusa.org): Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord… when was it that we saw you a stranger and welcomed you, or naked and gave you clothing? And the king will answer them, ‘Truly I … Continued
A vote is expected on PA S.B. 10 which would withhold ALL state grant money from sanctuary cities unless they comply with Trump’s immigration actions. It’ll have to go back to the House for approval of the amendments in it, but may go quickly. … Continued
From the Center for the Victims of Torture (http://www.cvt.org/): In the face of the worst global refugee crisis in history, President Trump signed an Executive Order shutting America’s door in the face of the world’s most vulnerable people, upending decades … Continued
From the National Council of Churches (http://www.ncccusa.org): Various media outlets are reporting that Donald Trump will issue an executive order that would reduce refugee admissions, grind resettlement to a halt, stop resettling refugees from certain countries, and preference religious minorities. … Continued
We need your continued action…today. It is anticipated that by the end of this week, the new presidential administration will sign an executive order announcing significant changes to the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program. According to the draft executive order, these … Continued
Posted at https://mcc.org/stories/statement-welcoming-immigrants-refugees-neighbors January 26, 2017 MCC photo/Tim Hoover 2008; The border wall in Nogales, Mexico, from the Mexican side of the wall. Do not oppress the widow, the orphan, the alien, or the poor; and do not devise evil … Continued