IWC chair featured in ‘Washington Post’ article on immigration policy changes
Interfaith Welcome Coalition chairperson Dan Klein was quoted in a recent Washington Post article titled “Texas family detention centers expected…
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Thank you to Abel Vega and the Río Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church for the donation of 150 portable chargers for cellphones. Many families arrive having lost their chargers along their journeys and are grateful for a way to re-gain use of their cellphones, which are a lifeline connecting them to their loved ones.
Up to 100 new immigration judges would be added under budget request | Nevada Current
From our friends at the Texas Border Collaboration Network! Next webinar Tuesday April 20.Our Monthly Webinar is Coming up on Tuesday, April 20th.
During this session will hear from Team Brownsville
and others about the establishment and now closing of the migrant camp in Matamoros.
To Register:
www.eventbrite.com/e/tbcn-monthly-webinar-registration-145791942625Tuesday
https://www.nevadacurrent.com/blog/up-to-100-new-immigration-judges-would-be-added-under-budget-request/
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/547660-biden-picks-vocal-trump-critics-to-laad-immigration-posts
https://religionnews.com/2021/04/08/canceled-flights-expired-clearances-faith-based-agencies-share-impacts-of-delay-in-changes-to-u-s-refugee-resettlement-program/
https://thecatholicspirit.com/news/nation-and-world/group-asks-biden-administration-to-step-up-reunification-of-border-families/
https://www.elpasotimes.com/in-depth/news/2021/04/09/texas-joe-biden-immigration-plan-haitian-migrants-us-mexico-border/4810556001/