Congress must include legal protections for asylum seekers and unaccompanied migrant children in any border-security legislation under consideration, a coalition of Christian organizations said in a letter to federal legislators. The Evangelical Immigration Table urged Congress “to consider these two…
Immigration advocates sound alarm on proposed state and federal immigration bills
Immigration advocates have been especially busy this month actively opposing anti-immigrant legislation proposed on state and federal levels. That’s because Republican lawmakers from Washington, D.C., to Tallahassee, Fla., have ramped up efforts to energize their base with bills critics have…
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…
Veterans and faith groups urge Congress to secure the safety of Afghan immigrants
Secular and faith-based organizations are pressing Congress to enact the newly introduced Afghan Adjustment Act, which would provide permanent legal residency to Afghan refugees a year after Afghanistan fell to the Taliban. Introduced with bipartisan support earlier this month in…
Evangelical leaders descend on Capitol to advocate for immigration reform now
About 200 evangelical leaders, including many megachurch pastors from around the country, descended on Washington, D.C., May 3 for two days of intense lobbying of Congress on the issue of immigration reform. The faith-based blitz was coordinated by the National…
Veterans join religious and human rights groups to call for permanent status for Afghan refugees
Religious, human rights and veterans’ groups are stepping up pressure on Congress to provide a pathway to legal, permanent status for tens of thousands of Afghan refugees evacuated to the U.S. last year. Most of those who escaped the fall…
As VP Harris heads to Guatemala, evangelical leaders urge U.S. to address root causes of migration
As Vice President Kamala Harris headed to Guatemala this week as part of a campaign to address the root cause of the surge in migration to the United States, she was among recipients of a letter from a group of…
Coalition of evangelical Christians advocates third way on immigration reform
Amid the highly contentious debate about how best to enact comprehensive immigration reform on a federal level, several thousand evangelical Christians have signed on to a set of recommendations drafted by the Evangelical Immigration Table. Organizers say they are presenting…
A bipartisan immigration bill has been introduced, but will it garner bipartisan support?
Is a bipartisan solution to the nation’s broken immigration system possible? Three Texas legislators and an Arizona senator believe it is and have proposed a bipartisan bill to show how. That bill, the Bipartisan Border Solutions Act (S. 1358), is…