February 2015 Mercy justice highlights published every month JUSTICE HIGHLIGHT Stepping up Immigration Advocacy with New Congress Immigration advocates, including the Sisters of Mercy, are working on all fronts to preserve President Obama’s executive action...
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February 2015 Mercy justice highlights published every month JUSTICE HIGHLIGHT Stepping up Immigration Advocacy with New Congress Immigration advocates, including the Sisters of Mercy, are working on all fronts to preserve President Obama’s executive action to defer deportations and to head off federal border security legislation. Among the actions in the first weeks of the new Congress: The Institute Leadership Team sent a letter to all members of Congress, urging them to reject proposed legislation that threatens to continue the policies of family separation, border militarization, and overly aggressive interior enforcement protocols. The Institute Leadership Team signed onto a statement developed by Faith in Public Life that argues that immigration reform is a pro-life issue. Mercy advocates in several cities sent thank-you letters to their mayors for supporting President Obama’s executive action in a lawsuit seeking to block that action. Participants in a “friend of the court
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