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PDA Announces New Refugee & Immigrant Advocacy Grant Opportunities
February 26, 2021
People from Cameroon, Haiti and the Democratic Republic of Congo held in immigration detention centers because they put their trust in the U.S. as a place of safety only to be denied due process and ordered deported. Asylum seekers from Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and dozens of other countries who were turned back at the U.S. border only now being admitted. Refugees who have been waiting for years overseas to be reunited with their families already resettled in the U.S. The Dreamers and essential workers who long to be fully recognized as the members of our communities that they already are. These are but some of the immigration challenges and opportunities faced by immigrants and Presbyterian allies.
by Rich Copley | Presbyterian News Service
Protesters show their support for more humane immigration policies in the United States. (Photo from Ra-dragon via Unsplash)
LEXINGTON, Kentucky â Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) leaders and partners are celebrating executive orders from President Joe Biden as positive and hopeful signs for refugee resettlement in the United States.
âPresbyterians have been intimately involved in resettlement ministries and know the importance of this program,â said Amanda Craft, manager of Immigration Advocacy for the PC(USA) Office of the General Assembly. âWe celebrate Bidenâs decision to increase resettlement numbers. We ask that the U.S. government be courageous as we welcome refugees. May this lead to greater family reunification and security for many who wait decades to find a permanent home.â