What We’re Doing Now for Immigration

Our Action Plan for 2011 is to:

• Learn, inform, raise awareness about contributions of immigrants and research their current status in the workplace.
• Educate judicatories, congregations, private and public sector on available services to immigrants: ESL, GED, Child Welfare support and Legal services.
• Advocate for policy and programs that support reunification of families.
• Listen to workers and businesses that employ immigrants.
• Listen to, inform and educate public authorities on the need for comprehensive federal immigration reform and the potential danger and unequal impact posed by local immigration statutes.
• Advocate for the expansion of a guest worker program to legitimize immigrant labor and enable them to contribute to public funds, thereby strengthening and protecting their ability to work legally.