Of Note

Press Releases and Statements

• Statement: LEGAL Immigrants may be Deported if They Make LEGAL Use of Public Benefits (Aug 13, 2019)
  
• Statement: ICE Out of Order - Release All the Workers (Aug 9, 2019)
  
• Statement: Take the First Step to National Healing on Gun Violence (Aug 6, 2019)
• US Province Leaders' Statement: In Defense of the Human Dignity of All People at the Border, Especially Children (Jul 18, 2019)
• Advisory: Civil Disobedience at US Capitol for Catholic Day of Action for Detained Immigrant Children & Province Leaders Issue Statement (Jul 17, 2019)
• Release: Capitol Hill Conference on Human Trafficking: Now I have Purpose (Jul 1, 2019)
• Advisory: Conference on Human Trafficking on Capitol Hill: June 26 (Jun 20, 2019)
• Statement: World Refugee Day - We Should be Celebrating (Jun 18, 2019)
• Release: The Time has come for Congress to Act – Protect Dreamers and TPS & DED Holders (Jun 4, 2019)
• Joint Release: Moral Roadmap in Federal Funding (Apr 30, 2019)
• Release: New Zealand Shootings: We Will Not Succumb to Division and Hatred (Mar 16, 2019)   
• Release: NAC’s Director Travelling to Honduras & El Salvador (Mar 7, 2019)
• Statement: House of Representatives Hearing on Protecting Dreamers and TPS Recipients (Mar 6, 2019)
• Release: Pass Gun Violence Prevention Bills (Feb 21, 2019)
• Joint Statement:  Faith Leaders Issue Statement on the Morality of a Border Wall (Feb. 15, 2019)
• Release: Congress Needs to Cross the Finish Line & Avert a Second Shutdown (Feb 11, 2019)
• Release: Mandate a $15 per Hour Wage Floor (Feb 7, 2019)
• Joint Letter: Faith Leaders Urge Congress to Avert Another Shutdown and Implement Responsible Spending for DHS (Feb. 5, 2019)

Sample News Reports

• National Catholic Reporter: Catholic Day of Action protesters arrested in stand against child detention (Jul 19, 2019)
  
  • List of news stories on the July 18, 2019 Catholic Day of Action is available via Google Docs.  
    
• Catholic News Service: US bishop among nearly 200 faith leaders speaking against war in Iran (Jul 10, 2019)
• Catholic News Service Article in America: On Capitol Hill, faith-based organizations shine light on human trafficking (Jul 8, 2019)
• Catholic News Agency: ‘Hear victims, treat the whole problem,’ human trafficking conference told (Jun 26,2019)
• Vermont Business Magazine: Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez unveil Loan Shark Prevention Act (May 9, 2019)
• Catholic News Service Article in Catholic Philly: Justices lean toward including citizenship question in next census (Apr 23, 2019)
• Catholic News Service Article in Catholic New York: Supreme Court to Hear Oral Arguments on 2020 Citizenship Census Question (Feb 20, 2019)
• Catholic News Service Article in The Compass (Diocese of Green Bay): Freedom of Religion Act seeks to ban immigration discrimination (Jan 24, 2019)

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Ecumenical Advocacy Days

The global impact of conflict, deportation, climate change and other factors has displaced nearly 250 million people worldwide. Hundreds of Christian advocates gathered in DC from April 5-8, 2019 for Ecumenical Advocacy Days to help address the global refugee crisis and local needs of displaced communities. 

NAC is a proud sponsor and organizer of EAD. Visit the EAD website for more information about the annual gathering.