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National Immigration Forum press releases and statements are issued to provide perspective on key policies, legislative actions, reports, and events. View our latest releases below. For prior year releases, use the navigation buttons at the bottom of this page.
Press Releases
Evangelical Ad Campaign Launches in Florida, Pastors Call for Bipartisan Immigration Solutions
June 20, 2012
From our friends at the Evangelical Immigration Table: **To listen to a recording of today's call, click here.** Orlando and Miami, Fla. — Today, local pastors and evangelical leaders launched a paid media campaign with a 60-second spot that is playing on Christian radio stations in Orlando, Miami and Jacksonville. The ads, which are recorded by Dr. Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, and Rev. Luis Cortes, president of...
Prominent Evangelicals Praise Immigration Policy Change
June 15, 2012
From our friends at the Evangelical Immigration Table: Prominent Evangelicals Praise Immigration Policy Change Administrative Relief For Dream Act–Eligible Young People Reinforces Faith Values Washington, D.C. — Obama administration officials announced plans today to immediately grant administrative relief to young people who would be eligible for the DREAM Act. Those who qualify will not be deported and will be granted work permits. This sweeping rule change comes the same week that...
Administrative Relief for DREAMers: Smart Law Enforcement Makes for Good Government
June 15, 2012
Washington, D.C. — This morning, the Obama administration announced that it will provide administrative relief from deportation for people who came to the United States before age 16 and are currently age 30 and under, have been here for at least five years, and pose no threat to public safety or national security. “This is smart government in action. We applaud the Obama administration for taking steps to allow undocumented young people, American in every way except immigration status, to...
New “Evangelical Immigration Table” Announces Mobilizing Strategy for Immigration Reform
June 12, 2012
Washington, D.C. — More than 150 influential evangelical Christians across America, including Jim Daly, president of Focus on the Family, endorsed an “Evangelical Statement of Principles for Immigration Reform” released on Tuesday during a press conference on Capitol Hill. Following the press event, prominent evangelical leaders delivered these principles to leadership from the Obama Administration, Senate and House of Representatives. At a time when immigration has become a partisan...
Evangelical Table Announces Launch of New Campaign
June 11, 2012
** MEDIA ADVISORY ** Focus on the Family President Signs On to Evangelicals Principles for Immigration Reform Broad coalition to announce ad buys in swing states, long-term mobilizing strategy at Capitol Hill Press Conference Tuesday. Washington, D.C. — Jim Daly, president of prominent evangelical organization Focus on the Family, has added his signature to an “Evangelical Statement of Principles for Immigration Reform” to be released Tuesday at a press conference on Capitol Hill. The...
150 Business, Political, Law Enforcement, Faith Leaders Engage in Southeast Immigration Summit
June 11, 2012
Atlanta — More than 150 stakeholders from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee convened in Atlanta on Monday for the Southeast Summit: Forging a New Consensus on Immigrants and America. Leaders from the business, law enforcement and faith communities joined this unprecedented gathering in the Southeast to discuss the importance of immigrants and immigration to the region’s economic and cultural vitality and realistic and workable solutions at the federal...
TODAY: First-Ever Southeast Summit on Immigration
June 11, 2012
MEDIA ADVISORY Alberto Gonzales, Dr. Richard Land to Speak Today at Southeast Summit on Immigration Business, Political, Law Enforcement and Faith Leaders Gather in Atlanta To view the summit live, please visit http://www.webcastingtechnologies.com/ss/ ATLANTA — As the Supreme Court prepares to rule on Arizona’s immigration law and as more states in the Southeast debate passing their own immigration laws, prominent figures in the region will convene today in Atlanta to discuss the...
Editorial Board Memo: Family Unity Waivers
May 25, 2012
TO: Editorial Boards and Columnists FROM: National Immigration Forum RE: Obama Administration’s Proposed Changes to Immigration Waivers Proposed Rule Keeps Families Together, Encourages Legal Immigration Public comment closes June 1 on a rule, proposed by the Obama administration, that will keep families together and provide a critical boost to legal immigration in the United States. We encourage you to support the proposed rule, but also to note...
Alabama’s Immigration Law Sequel Further Damages State’s Reputation
May 21, 2012
Washington, D.C. — On Friday, Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley signed into law revisions to Alabama’s overreaching immigration law. Gov. Bentley unsuccessfully tried to persuade lawmakers to change two provisions, one that requires schools to check the immigration status of enrolling schoolchildren, and a “Scarlet Letter” provision that uses state funds to create an online public database listing the names of undocumented immigrants who appear in court. The following is a statement from Ali...
Obama Administration Should Include Immigrant Detainees in Prison Rape Elimination Act Guidelines
May 17, 2012
Washington, D.C. — In 2003 a unanimous Congress passed the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA). This was the first civil law that focused on eliminating sexual abuse in detention facilities. However, the Obama administration announced today that the Department of Homeland Security, and thus all immigration detention facilities, are exempted from rules issued by the Department of Justice to implement PREA. The rule states that all Federal departments with confinement facilities, including DHS,...
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