A coalition including Chicago business, faith and municipal leaders announced a nationwide campaign to press the White House to extend work permits to undocumented immigrants who are long-term residents of the U.S. “I remain steady in my belief that a…
Biden administration restores religious protections for those receiving federal social services
Religious liberty advocates are hailing a new Biden administration rule that protects the recipients of federally funded social services from discrimination by the religious groups that administer them. The White House measure is designed to prevent faith-based organizations that receive…
As Trump stokes more fear, immigration advocates plead with Biden administration not to succumb
Human rights advocates are pleading with the Biden administration to take legal action to block new Texas laws designed to counter illegal border crossings and to give state law enforcement officers the right to arrest undocumented immigrants. Gov. Greg Abbott…
Immigration advocates furious with Biden administration and House Republicans
Immigration supporters are up in arms over border security reforms U.S. Senate Republicans have inserted into a foreign aid package President Biden requested for Ukraine. The leaders of more than 25 humanitarian organizations issued joint statements Nov. 8 protesting the…
Immigrant rights advocates cry foul over U.S. flights deporting Venezuelans
Immigration and human rights advocates aren’t mincing words about the Biden administration’s decision to deport Venezuelan migrants by air to their economically troubled homeland, calling the practice cruel, inhumane and a violation of U.S. and international asylum law. The deportation…
President Biden establishes the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument in Mississippi and Illinois
This week, I had the privilege of attending a reception held at the Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C., to celebrate President Joe Biden’s signing of a proclamation establishing the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument in Mississippi…
Religious liberty advocates applaud Biden administration rollback of Trump policies allowing faith-based discrimination
Traditional religious liberty advocates applauded a move by the Biden administration to undo rules created by the Trump administration that allowed faith-based organizations receiving federal fundings to discriminate against clients. Due to the complex nature of changing federal policies —…
Thanks for visiting the border, but we’ve got some concerns, evangelical immigrant advocates tell Biden
Thanks for what you’re doing, but we’ve got some serious concerns about some of your other policies, members of the Evangelical Immigration Table wrote to President Joe Biden and members of Congress Jan. 10. The group of evangelical immigrant advocates…
Supreme Court grants Title 42 another stay of execution
Title 42 is a “temporary” policy that will not die. And now the United States Supreme Court has given it a further stay of execution, to the delight of anti-immigration Republicans and to the dismay of those who work with…