Interfaith Immigration Campaign

 
In 2010 TMO launched the Interfaith Campaign for Humane Immigration Reform due to the organizing efforts and relationships built with leaders, organizers, and Judicatory Leaders across the city. The Cardinal, Bishops, Rabbi’s, and denominational leaders in the greater Houston Area came together to agree on common principles of immigration reform, which they named “The Houston Interfaith Principles for Humane Immigration Reform”. These principles and the immigration campaign were made public at a Clergy Convocation in January 2010 through a press conference, prayer service, and action meeting held by the Judicatory leaders with over 300 clergy. This campaign has been covered by the Houston Chronicle and The New York Times. TMO has gained national recognition for creating a model of Interfaith Collaboration. TMO and judicatory leaders plan to begin 2011 with another interfaith immigration prayer service where we will encourage the humane treatment of immigrants, continue the campaign of education and prayer on the important moral issue of immigration, and remind people of faith that we must continue to find for immigration not only at a national level but more importantly at a state and local level.
 
 HOUSTON INTERFAITH STATEMENT ON HUMANE  IMMIGRATION REFORM
We call on the new Administration and 112th Congress to enact humane and equitable immigration reform in 2011 and commit to legislation that:
 

  • Upholds family unity as a priority of all immigration policies
  • Creates a process for undocumented immigrants to earn their legal status and eventual citizenship
  • Protects workers and provides efficient channels of entry for new migrant workers
  • Faciliates immigrant intergration
  • Restores due process protections and reform detention policies
  • Aligns the enforcement of immigration laws with humanitarian values
  • Recognizes Immigration as a Matter of Human Rights

  
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INTERFAITH PRAYER SERVICE & CALL TO ACTION 
FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2011FROM: 5:00-8:00 PM
The Institute of Intefaith Dialog
9301 W. Bellfort St. Houston, TX 77031   
FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO CALENDAR OF EVENTS ON OUR WEBSITE. 
 
 
  

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