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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WELLSPRING UNITED METHODIST COMMUNITY OF FAITH TAKES ACTION
This past Sunday, Wellspring UMC kicked-off October with a letter writing project as part of their “World Communion Sunday" celebration with the theme, “The World at Our...
Devastating Ruling for DACA Requires Unified Call for Congress to Act
DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS (DACA) DECISION On September 13, 2023, Texas Southern District Court Judge Andrew Hanen ruled the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals...
Lawsuits Play Out in Court While Those Seeking Safety Endure Consequences at the Border
BUOY LAWSUIT UPDATES Texas continues to waste taxpayer dollars on lawsuits to keep buoy barriers on the Rio Grande that have already caused grave injury and death to various...
Call to Action: Support for New Matamoros Asylum Shelter, Same Necessities
New Asylum Shelter Location in Matamoros For many months, various non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from both Texas and Mexico have diligently coordinated together, and this...
Texas Impact in Community and Learning with BRIDGE Institutes for Human Rights Leadership
BRIDGE Institutes for Human Rights Leadership, National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights Last week, it was an honor and a privilege to attend the BRIDGE Institutes for...
Lutheran Bishops Urge End to Operation Lone Star
This week, the three ELCA Lutheran bishops of Texas issued a joint letter to Governor Abbott urging him to end Operation Lone Star. The letter was coordinated by the ELCA AMMPARO...
Rampant Patterns of Cruelty
These past few weeks have clearly showcased, how US immigration piecemeal policies and illegal state intrusion of federal immigration enforcement laws, have created the...
Border Barriers, Lawsuits, Death: Heeding the Call for Faith in Action
The above photograph depicts Pastor Barberi, some Courts & Ports participants, praying alongside asylum seeking families waiting for a CBP One appointment at an encampment in...
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...