Human Migration
Affirmation of the right to migrate, and support for migrating people, is one of the oldest faith-rooted policy positions. Abrahamic scriptures include stories of individual and community migration. The scriptural message is clear that we are not merely to welcome the sojourner, but to see ourselves in their face. Migration policy in the U.S. is primarily a national policy issue, but Texas plays a unique role because of our international border.
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The Iron Pipeline: How Texas is Arming the Cartels
News broke this week that another dead body was found in the buoys on the Texas border in Eagle Pass as a part of Gov. Abbott’s Operation Lone Star, a state response to “crack...
Press Release | Migrant Drownings
TITLE: Open Letter to Gov. Abbott from Faith Leaders on Migrant Drownings FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 03, 2023 Contact Bee Moorhead: bee@texasimpact.org “A BLIGHT...
Webinar: DIGNIDAD ACT OF 2023
Take Action: Join our Webinar To learn more about this necessary immigration reform and future opportunities to get involved, head to txfaith.org/DIGNIDADwebinar to register for...
Department of Public Safety Trooper-Medic: “I believe we have stepped over a line into the inhumane”
The above photo depicts DPS troopers on the US side of the river, while there are migrants cooling off in the river on the Mexican side, beneath the Matamoros/Brownsville port of...
DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2023: Bipartisan Immigration Reform Based on “Biblical Principles of Dignity and Redemption”
TLDR: Migrant asylum encampment conditions worsen in Northern Mexico as migrants are forced to wait for CBP One appointments among other "legal walls" that they are subjected to....
United States v. Texas Ruling: Texas Cannot Choose Who to Deport
SCOTUS RULING: UNITED STATES v. TEXAS Today, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) issued a decision in U.S. v. Texas. Justice Kavanaugh delivered the opinion of the...
A Month Post End of Title 42: Texas Buys Buoys
The above photo depicts the raised razor wire fence above the Rio Grande right across the asylum encampment in Matamoros. Over 70% Decrease in Southwest Border Encounters...
End of Title 42: Legal Walls Implemented
“I am only here because of what happened to me in my country” “I am only here because of what happened to me in my country. I didn't know how difficult this journey would be. I...
Texas Impact in the Rio Grande Valley to Witness End of Title 42: The True Story
The Above photo is of the port of entry bridge in Brownsville, Texas that leads into Matamoros, Mexico taken a few days after Title 42 ended. A HUGE Thank you from all of us at...
Senate Committee Sub for HB7
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This is Not a Fire Drill
If you have 60 seconds on Monday to call a legislative office, please call your state representative and urge them to remove the unregulated militia provisions from HB 20 when it...
Call to Faith In Action: Team Brownsville Needs All Hands on Deck
Militarized Response to Humanitarian Crisis As I detailed in a previous post, Title 42 is nearing its end on May 11, 2023 and as a result many changes in processing of asylum...
Biden Manage Migration Plan: Seek Asylum from Your Home Country
TLDR: On April 27th, Biden Administration officials announced their plans to help manage migration in light of Title 42, a pandemic health policy set to expire on May 11th. Use...
Bewildered by Border Bills?
Trying to get a handle on the wide range of "border security" bills in the Legislature? Fabi has created this helpful graphic that illustrates the big picture.
“God’s Heart is Breaking”
Grassroots groups rally outside the Reagan Building at the Texas Capitol to protest HB20 and HB7.