Efforts to address the plight of DACA recipients have failed. During the negotiations many of the proposed compromises included severe cuts to legal means of immigration, including visas that allow families to be together.

Please contact Congress today to ask for protections for family-based immigrant visas as they seek a permanent solution for Dreamers.

The voice of the church is greatly needed in this moment--there are no powerful lobbyists who are paid to protect the value of family and the dignity of people created in God’s image. We need immigration policy which:

• Keeps families intact. Family unity is being threatened by these proposals. Proposals which end the possibility of U.S. citizens reuniting with their adult children and siblings, and which prohibit permanent residents from reuniting with their children and spouses, go against the strong value of family that the church upholds. Family unity is not a threat to the U.S., and “chain migration” is a harmful piece of political propaganda that is not based on facts.
• Creates more, not fewer, paths to legal immigration. Legal immigration is being threatened by these proposals. The CRC has been clear: justice in U.S. immigration policy would move toward laws which open up more legal pathways to immigration, not fewer.
• Ensures permanent solutions for Dreamers. Some proposals offer only temporary protections. Proposals subjecting Dreamers to a lifetime of temporary status is not the solution they deserve.

We ask that you continue voicing these values as Congress attempts to find common ground on immigration.

Tell Congress that you support an immigration policy that provides citizenship for Dreamers but does not limit any of our current legal immigration pathways--especially for families to remain united.

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For information about the current proposals in Washington DC, click here. To read Synod’s statements on immigration from 2010, click here. To stay updated on how to change the conversation about immigration, follow facebook.com/BlessingNotBurden.

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