Research by Topic: immigration
American Baptist Home Mission Societies calls for U.S. accountability regarding migrant family separation
Published July 31, 2018VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 7/31/18)—Close to 3,000 children have been separated from their parents as a result of the cruel zero-tolerance immigration policy instituted by the U.S. government. In late June, following the mobilization of people of faith and their advocacy for social justice, a federal judge in California ordered a halt to most family […]
Filed under: one-great-hour-of-sharing, immigration, interfaith-immigration-coalition
ABHMS launches immigration-assistance initiative, pilot in partnership with ABCMNY
Published October 18, 2017VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 10/18/17)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) is pleased to announce its initiative to assist vulnerable immigrants who are currently subject to deportation, harassment and increased anxiety, as they seek to continue living their lives during rapidly changing and uncertain times in the United States. The pilot will launch in New York […]
Filed under: brenda-halliburton-williams, healing-communities, immigration, abc-of-metro-new-york, cheryl-dudley
American Baptists share reasons for marching in D.C.
Published January 26, 2017Editor’s note: The American Baptists who attended this march did not do so as representatives of American Baptist Churches USA. American Baptists were among the estimated half million individuals of all ages, genders, races and ethnicities who participated Jan. 21 in the 2017 Women’s March on Washington, D.C. Many marchers carried handcrafted signs to […]
Filed under: healing-communities, social-justice, lgbtq, immigration
