Take Action for Immigrants and Refugees

Social Media Campaign

Women Religious from across the country are joining together through their social media networks to stand up for immigrants and refugees.  

You too can join in by sharing the graphic below on your Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages.  Also share this image with the White House, President Trump, and your elected representatives on their social media accounts with the message, "People of faith welcome immigrants and refugees." #NoBanNowall #RefugeesWelcome

Sample Facebook Posts:

• President Trump, As a faith group, we are STRONGLY opposed to your Executive Order that denies access to refugees based on their religion or nationality. Please reject the religious litmus test for safety is an affront to religious liberty.
• As faith groups that work with thousands of members of our communities in churches and synagogues across the country to welcome refugees every day, we oppose your Executive Order which reduces refugee admissions and to prevent Muslim refugees from being resettled in the United States. We urge you to allow the U.S. refugee program to continue to resettle refugees that need our protection regardless of where they come from or how they pray.  Thank you for your leadership in ensuring the U.S. remains a beacon of hope for all those who are persecuted that seek peace, safety and freedom. 
• More than 3,500 faith leaders have said: "The U.S. Refugee Resettlement program has been and should remain open to those of any religious tradition who face persecution on account of the reasons enumerated under U.S. law. We oppose your Executive Order  that prevents Syrian refugees or individuals who practice Islam and other faiths from accessing the U.S. refugee resettlement program. Proposals that have the U.S. State Department disqualify refugees from protection based on their nationality or religion fly in the face of the very principles this nation was built upon, contradict the legacy of leadership our country has historically demonstrated, and dishonor our shared humanity." bit.ly/2000FaithLeaders4ALLRefugees
• Or Author your own posts and include the graphic and #RefugeesWelcome.

      Sample Tweets: 

 @realDonaldTrump We stand with refugees and immigrantshttp://tinyurl.com/zete2rf

o   @realDonaldTrump & @WhiteHouse Americans support refugee resettlement #RefugeesWelcome

o   @realDonaldTrump & @WhiteHouse Keep America welcoming. Refugee resettlement is a proud American legacy with bipartisan support #RefugeesWelcome

o   @realDonaldTrump & @WhiteHouse People of faith OPPOSE a religious litmus test for refugees and immigrants #RefugeesWelcome

o   @realDonaldTrump & @WhiteHouse Denying Muslim refugees safety is an affront to religious liberty #RefugeesWelcome bit.ly/2000FaithLeaders4ALLRefugees hias.org/1500rabbis

o   @realDonaldTrump & @WhiteHouse More than 3500 faith leaders are opposed to your Executive Order that keeps Muslim refugees from seeking safety: bit.ly/2000FaithLeaders4ALLRefugees

o   @realDonaldTrump & @WhiteHouse Christians oppose policies that would deny Muslims refuge and preference Christians bit.ly/2000FaithLeaders4ALLRefugees

Phone Calls

Tell the White House you oppose President Trump’s announcement on Refugee Resettlement and the Bar on Travelers from Muslim Countries

President Trump has announced that the U.S. government will stop resettling refugees from certain countries; pause the entire refugee resettlement program for 120 days; preference religious minorities; and reduce the number of refugees we welcome at the very time when they are most in need of safety. These announcements fly in the face of our best values of compassion, hospitality, and welcome. With more than 65 million forcibly displaced in the world–the worst in our global history–it is more important than ever to take action by condemning this new policy.

Barring refugees from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen from resettlement and giving preference to religious minorities is tantamount to a Muslim ban. And by reducing refugee admissions from 110,000 to 50,000, Trump is going back on America’s promise to refugees and abdicating America’s leadership role on human rights. Halting resettlement for 120 days will grind refugee processing to a halt. Each step of the security check process is time sensitive, so a pause will force refugees who were set to arrive in the United States soon to instead wait months and maybe even years, to go through fingerprinting, interviews, health screenings, and multiple security checks all over again, all while families are separated and lives are endangered.

We cannot discriminate against refugees for how they pray or where they are from. Refugees are the most thoroughly vetted immigrants in the United States, undergoing biographic and biometric checks, medical screenings, forensic document testing, and in-person interviews. It is critical that President Trump and all Members of Congress hear their constituents decry these announcements and declare their support for refugees from all over the world.

CALL THE WHITE HOUSE AND CONGRESS TODAY!President Trump: (866) 961-4293
Your Senators and Representatives: (202) 224-3121  
**Please call this line 3 times to be connected with your 1 Representative and 2 Senators

Sample Script: 

“I’m your constituent from [City, State], and I support refugee resettlement in the U.S. I am strongly opposed to President Trump’s announcements to stop the resettlement of refugees from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen; pause the refugee resettlement program entirely; preference religious minorities; and reduce the number of refugees we welcome. This discriminatory announcement is morally reprehensible, runs counter to who we are as a nation, and does not reflect the welcome for refugees I see in my community every day. I urge you to do everything in your power to see this announcement reversed.”

Please also share a personal story about why refugee resettlement is important to you, your community, etc. Let them know the specific ways that refugees contribute and are welcomed into your community.