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#ProtectBlackImmigrants: Join us to demand an end to Title 42

Posted on by Frank Garcia

 

It’s time to stand with Haitian and Black immigrants against injustice

We stand in solidarity with the Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI) and Haitian Bridge Alliance to call on federal leaders to create and establish more protections for Haitian and Black immigrants seeking better lives. 

For months, thousands of Haitian immigrants have come to our borders in need of refuge from social and political unrest and climate catastrophe. Many Haitian refugees are being deported to uncertain fates and subjected to human rights abuses from federal agencies such as Customs and Border Patrol (CBP). In fact, the Biden Administration continues to use Title 42 – a Trump mandated policy that justifies stopping immigrants diagnosed with Covid-19 from entering the United States – as a public health order, despite many health experts arguing there is no scientific benefit that occurs from this process. 

Together with the Black community and immigration allies, we are holding an action in San Bernardino Tomorrow, October 14 to demand Congressman Pete Aguilar (D-San Bernardino) to continue to challenge our federal leaders to fix our nation’s broken, anti-Black, and racist immigration system. 

As a part of this call to action, Inland Congregations United for Change is asking our members and supporters to call Congressional leaders to demand the following:

  • The halting of deportation flights 
  • Providing Haitians with humanitarian parole
  • Holding Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) accountable for their long history of racism and abuse against migrants of color
  • The end of Title 42

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ICUC holds actions in Coachella Valley and San Bernardino to call on Congress to deliver on immigration reform

Posted on by Frank Garcia

Residents in Coachella Valley and San Bernardino see the federal Budget Reconciliation process as a great opportunity for a pathway to citizenship

San Bernardino—Dozens of clergy and community leaders gathered outside Congressional offices in the Coachella Valley and San Bernardino on Monday to urge federal leaders to continue their efforts to include a comprehensive immigration reform bill as part of their budget reconciliation process.

The Inland Congregations United for Change (ICUC) – together with Comite Latino, the United Farm Workers, and the clergy community – held actions outside the district offices of Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-Palm Desert) and Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-San Bernardino) to express the need to create a legal pathway for the 11 million undocumented immigrants that have been promised residency and citizenship for generations. 

The process known as budget reconciliation could allow Congress to create a citizenship pathway for undocumented youth, migrant essential workers, and those with temporary protected status who have been in the U.S. since at least January 1, 2020 and those who can prove consistent income. 

With many banners and signs in hand, chanting “si se puede”, many hope that Congress will finally help deliver on their promise to the immigrant community. 

“We continue to raise our calls and fight for the immigrants who work everyday and provide so much to our country, especially during this pandemic,” said Reyes Lopez, ICUC Organizer based in the Coachella Valley. “They deserve to have legal status in this country and it is time for us to be united to achieve this purpose.”

According to clergy leaders, many undocumented immigrants live with uncertainty and fear. By helping the undocumented community through this immigration reform bill, Congress can uphold human dignity and lead through faith, clergy leaders say. 

“This is a justice issue where you have people still living in the shadows.” said Father Manuel Cardoza of the Our Lady of Hope Church in San Bernardino. “As people of faith, we are doing God’s work by calling on Congress to support a pathway to citizenship for families.”
The Senate Parliamentarian heard arguments from both Democrats and Republicans on whether immigration reform should be included in the budget reconciliation process last Friday, and the House Judiciary Committee yesterday approved the language for the proposed immigration reform bill.