Faith Leaders: Sign Letter Calling to Extend TPS for El Salvador

From the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (http://www.interfaithimmigration.org):

Right now, our communities are facing a heartless campaign to tear families apart by arresting and deporting moms, dads, and young people who have lived in the United States for years. Since September, the administration has terminated Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Sudan, Nicaragua, and Haiti, placing tens of thousands of lives at risk of family separation. TPS is a program designed to protect people from being returned to harm. By January 8th, the administration will need to decide whether to extend TPS for El Salvador. Nearly 200,000 Salvadoran TPS holders’ lives – and the lives of their nearly 194,000 U.S. citizen children – hang in the balance. Tearing them apart from their families is wrong.

Faith Leaders: Sign On Today! We invite faith leaders across traditions to sign on to this letter at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeTPOGHvO7EH-K2P2CvxaSIfeq502WOyv8VIL8mKa8wPlwgaw/viewform urging the administration to extend El Salvador’s TPS designation for at least another 18 months. To let TPS expire or end it altogether would mean turning our backs on the vulnerable individuals we pledged to protect, and would exacerbate instability and regional insecurity in our backyard.

Here are the top 5 ways you can help!

1. Faith Leaders: Sign on to this letter urging the administration to extend El Salvador’s TPS designation for 18 months.
2. Join the Prayer Chain and Share on Social Media: Record a video of yourself holding a printed, filled out #Faith4TPS sign. Upload your video to Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook with the hashtag #Faith4TPS and tag the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (@interfaithimm). Don’t forget to tweet at your Members of Congress and @realDonaldTrump. Click here for sample social media posts and here for graphics.
3. Plan #Faith4TPS Events: Host an interfaith vigil, educate your faith community, and organize other events to lift up the importance of TPS. Local actions are a great way to amplify voices of TPS holders in the media, and don’t forget to invite your national, state, and local officials. Click here to view our Interfaith Toolkit to Defend TPS to learn more.
4. Write for Media: Elevate the public call by publishing a letter to the editor calling for an 18-month extension for El Salvador’s TPS designation, and calling on Congress to pass a permanent solution for TPS holders. Click here for sample op-eds, LTEs, and other resources on how to pitch and place media pieces.
5. Learn and Share Resources: For more information on our faithful call to stand with TPS holders, please visit: interfaithimmigration.org/TPS.

Please spread the word, and thank you for all your work and support!