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 Haiti. The letter urges the Administration to take immediate … Continue reading UU solidarity from across the U.S. for Haiti
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 for decades. In reply, 268 faith leaders and 165 … Continue reading UU solidarity from across the U.S. for Annunciation House
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 companion to H.R. 14. … Continue reading Voting Rights is a Blessed Liberty, Congress must pass the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
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 proposal which, in our view, would advance … Continue reading Senators announce funding deal that undermines Asylum
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 mutual care. Our nation is among the most … Continue reading UUSJ Welcomes Bipartisan Proposal to Expand the Child Tax Credit, Urges Passage Without Delay
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 means Mexico, and the evidence is clear that Mexico is not a safe place for migrants to wait. From January … Continue reading Steve Eckstrand on “Making migrants wait in Mexico is not a good solution”
Commentary It is because of my Jewish heritage and my family’s history in pogroms, ghettos, and concentration camps that I am speaking out against Israeli treatment of Palestinians, most especially the nightmare being visited on the people of Gaza right now. It is because I was told the stories of my people, because of … Continue reading I Side with the People – They Do Not Have to Be My People, Rev. Peggy Clarke, UUSJ Board Chair
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 of historic national labor shortages. Additionally, people seeking … Continue reading UUSJ Joins the #LetAsylumSeekers Work Faster Campaign
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: – # – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 19, 2023 Contact: Pablo DeJesús | info@uusj.org Voting Rights Strengthens American Democracy Congress must pass the … Continue reading Voting Rights Strengthens American Democracy
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 for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is unlawful. This … Continue reading Congress and the Biden Administration must support DACA
