From Church World Service (http://www.churchworldservice.org): Right now, Congress is considering the level of funding for detention, deportation, and border militarization for next fiscal year (FY 2020). These funds are at the expense of investments in education, healthcare, and humanitarian assistance. … Continued
From the National Religious Campaign Against Torture (http://www.nrcat.org): Recently we marked the 17 year anniversary since the opening of the detention center at Guantanamo Bay. Guantanamo was opened as a place where the U.S. government could imprison people outside the … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/12/17/181-nations-just-voted-help-refugees-only-far-right-united-states-and-hungary-voted Published on Monday, December 17, 2018 by Common Dreams The Global Compact on Refugees aims to provide a better global framework to respond to the crisis By Andrea Germanos, staff writer Migrants gather outside a temporary shelter … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/12/11/not-your-average-demonstration-faith-leaders-arrested-demanding-demilitarization-us Published on Tuesday, December 11, 2018 by Common Dreams “In the face of unfounded fear, racism, and violence, courageous action is necessary.” By Julia Conley, staff writer At least 32 faith leaders were arrested at the U.S.-Mexico … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): Right now, U.S. members of Congress are discussing year end budget negotiations, which will be voted on in the coming weeks — and we need your help to stop some terrible things. The administration wants to … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/09/12/scandal-hurricane-florence-barreling-toward-us-document-shows-trump-moved-10m-fema Published on Wednesday, September 12, 2018 by Common Dreams “The administration transferred millions of dollars away from FEMA. And for what? To implement their profoundly misguided ‘zero tolerance’ policy.” By Jake Johnson, staff writer President Donald Trump … Continued
From Friends Committee on National Legislation (http://www.fcnl.org): July 26, 2018 Washington, DC (July 26, 2018) – The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) criticized the full committee passage of the Department of Homeland Security’s spending bill for fiscal year 2019. … Continued
On June 30, Families USA, Move On, the ACLU, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the Domestic Workers Alliance and other allies are partnering for a rally in Washington, D.C., and around the country to tell the administration … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition (http://www.paimmigrant.org): June 21, 2018 Yesterday the President announced he is ending the policy of separating families at the border and instead wants to detain families together indefinitely. This is a cruel response to the … Continued
Church World Service urges the administration to terminate immoral policies that harm families Washington, D.C.— Church World Service today condemned the administration’s executive order to mandate that immigrant families be held in family detention. Instead of terminating the administration’s cruel … Continued