ADVOCACY OPPORTUNITIES
Each of us has been entrusted by God with influence. We invite you to join leaders of the Evangelical Immigration Table in using your power to act for immigration policy issues, guided by biblical values.
Advocate for Immigrants and Religious Liberty in Florida
In the coming days, the Florida legislature will be considering an immigration bill supported by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis that includes a number of troubling provisions. Among other concerns, the bill would make it a felony to knowingly transport someone who entered the United States unlawfully – which could implicate churches or others seeking to transport someone to church or as a part of a ministry, among others.
Please use this tool to encourage Governor DeSantis and Florida lawmakers to oppose this bill or, at least, to amend it to ensure that religious liberty concerns are addressed.
Advocate for Congressional Action on Dreamer, Border, Farmworkers and Afghans
As Christian, we are compelled by the Bible’s clear instructions to speak up for vulnerable immigrants. In the last few weeks of this Congress, we urge you to forge bipartisan consensus to resolve several pressing concerns affecting our immigrant neighbors, including Dreamers, Afghans, Farmworkers and Border Communities. Time is running out. These urgent challenges will only become more difficult to resolve in the new Congress. “Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to act,” Proverbs 3:27 instructs. Join us as we advocate in the interest of our immigrant neighbors and of our nation.
Advocate for Afghans
Since August, many Afghans fleeing from the Taliban, have come to the United Status under humanitarian parole. The Biden administration announced Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Afghans already in the U.S., but this is not enough. It is necessary for Congress to act to provide a way for these vulnerable folks to apply for permanent status. If Congress fails to act, these Afghans will find themselves in an unstable, perpetual “temporary” status, alongside DACA and other TPS recipients. Ask your Members of Congress to provide a path to permanent status for all of these groups.
Although the US has completed its withdrawal and mass evacuation from Afghanistan, thousands of Afghans uniquely vulnerable to persecution from the Taliban – because of their service to the US military, their work with US NGOs, their race or their religion – remain unable to get to the US. Many of these vulnerable people remain stuck in Afghanistan or neighboring countries. Join evangelical leaders in urging President Biden to not leave them behind and to approve humanitarian parole requests for those that qualify.
