Noticeable UU support for Haiti
During early April 2024 UUSJ joined an Interfaith Immigration Coalition (IIC) letter with more than 250 Faith Leaders and Organizations, directed to the White House and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, on the matter of the cirisis in … read more.
Noticeable UU support for Annunciation House in El Paso, Texas
An essential effort during March 2024 centered on the response to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton taking action to shut down Annunciation House. This Catholic humanitarian organization has provided hospitality and other life-saving services to migrants … read more.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 29, 2024
Contact: Pablo DeJesús | info@uusj.org
Link: https://bit.ly/VRAA-BlessedLiberty
Voting Rights is a Blessed Liberty
Congress must pass the
John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
Washington, D.C. – Today, the Senate reintroduced the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2023, offering its … read more.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 5, 2024
Contact: Pablo DeJesús | info@uusj.org | (202) 600 – 9132
Bill offers some positive provisions but overall sets up a contest of compassion between those arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border and all others
Washington, DC— UUSJ opposes the Senate Supplemental funding … read more.
For Immediate Release: January 18, 2024
WASHINGTON D.C.—In advance of consideration of the Child Tax Credit (CTC) proposal, UUSJ Executive Director Pablo DeJesús said:
“Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice views child poverty in the United States as a travesty, a moral failure of our public discourse and … read more.
There were many common-sense ideas in the Dec. 20 editorial “A grand bargain on Ukraine and immigration,” but requiring migrants to wait in a third country is cruel and makes no sense. “Third country” presumably … read more.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 19, 2023
Contact: Pablo DeJesús | info@uusj.org
UUSJ is Proud to Join and Help Launch a Campaign to #LetAsylumSeekers Work Faster
WASHINGTON—Today, more than 35 national and local organizations launched a new campaign to #LetASylumSeekersWork faster. The effort comes at a time … read more.
On Tuesday, September 19, 2023, Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Ala.) introduced H.R. 14, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2023. In response, Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice (UUSJ) issued the following statement:
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 19, 2023
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 15, 2023
Contact: Pablo DeJesús | info@uusj.org |
Cruel and regrettable legal limbo
Congress and the Biden Administration must support DACA
Last night, Judge Andrew Hanan of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas again ruled that the Deferred Action … read more.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 18, 2023
Contact: Pablo DeJesús | info@uusj.org
UUSJ Applauds The Reintroduction Of The Afghan Adjustment Act
Congress should pass this bi-cameral, bi-partisan bill quickly
Washington, D.C. – Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice (UUSJ) strongly supports the Afghan Adjustment Act (S.2327 and H.R.4627) … read more.
