Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Advocacy”
April 25, 2024 Dear President Biden: We write to express outrage over your administration’s expansion of the cruel and unnecessary immigration detention system. Last month, you signed a spending bill that provides historically high funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention – $3.4 billion in taxpayers’ money. Our organizations work with and advocate on behalf of people who have …
February 29, 2024 The Honorable Joseph R. Biden President of the United States The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC 20500 The Honorable Alejandro Mayorkas Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security 2707 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE Washington, DC 20528 Mr. Patrick J. Lechleitner Deputy Director and Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Director U.S. Immigration …
August 2, 2023 The Honorable Joseph R. Biden President of the United States 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear President Biden, The undersigned 203 civil, human rights, and immigrant rights organizations write in the wake of the U.S. District Court’s decision in the East Bay Sanctuary Covenant case, pertaining to your administration’s “Circumvention of Lawful Pathways” rule (“asylum …
June 15, 2023 Submitted via https://www.regulations.gov Daniel Delgado, Acting Director Border and Immigration Policy Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans U.S. Department of Homeland Security Washington, DC 20528 Lauren Alder Reid, Assistant Director Office of Policy Executive Office for Immigration Review Department of Justice Falls Church, VA 22041 Re: Comment in Opposition to the Proposed Expanded Applicability of the Circumvention …
June 5, 2023 The Honorable Alejandro N. Mayorkas Secretary U.S. Department of Homeland Security 2707 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, SE Washington, D.C. 20528 Troy A. Miller Acting Commissioner U.S. Customs and Border Protection 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20229 Ur M. Jaddou Director U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services 5900 Capital Gateway Drive Camp Springs, Maryland 20588 David L. …
VIA Email Delivery Only March 15, 2023 The Honorable Joseph R. Biden President of the United States The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, D.C. 20500 Re: Permanently end family detention Dear President Biden: The undersigned 383 organizations write to express our grave concern over reports that your administration is considering returning to the policy of family detention which …
January 18, 2023 The Honorable Joseph R. Biden President of the United States The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear President Biden, The undersigned 292 civil, human rights, and immigrant rights groups write to express our tremendous alarm and condemnation of your administration’s recent announcement of your plan to issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) …
The Honorable President Joe Biden President of the United States 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 The Honorable Alejandro Mayorkas Secretary of Homeland Security U.S. Department of Homeland Security 2801 Nebraska Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20528 The Honorable Antony Blinken Secretary of State U.S. State Department 2201 C Street NW Washington, DC 20037 November 22, 2022 Re: Extend and …
Dear President Biden, We, the undersigned groups, believe that the best traditions of our country demand that we protect the rights and dignity of people who come to our nation in pursuit of safety or a better life. We urge you to recognize that our shared values of humanity and compassion require the dismantling of our system of mass immigrant …
The Hon. Joseph R. Biden, Jr. President of the United States The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Washington, DC 20500 November 4, 2022 Submitted via email Re: Do not send Haitians to detention at Guantánamo Bay or subject them to third-country arrangements We, at the Haitian Bridge Alliance, and the undersigned 288 immigration, civil rights, human rights, and faith-based …
