Prayer, Renewal, Action

Throughout last week, over 150 communities nationwide joined together to pray for humane immigration reform in the 111th Congress.

In a campaign sponsored by the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (of which we–FCNL–are members), participants in these vigils called for:

1. Protection for immigrants and their families
2. Empowerment of the faith community to advocate on behalf of immigrants
3. Moral courage for Congress to take the necessary leadership to see that humane comprehensive immigration reform is passed

We got an amazing media response to these vigils with over 15 TV stations/shows and over 35 newspapers covering these vigils nation wide.

The TV clips, in particular, are really exciting to watch because issues of racism, xenophobia, and human rights violations were brought to the forefront of community news.

To check out all these exciting press clips, click here to go to our immigration blog: It’s Our Community.