Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service

Tell your members of Congress and President Obama that you support economic protection for all families regardless of immigration status.

Thank President Obama for proposed changes to the family reunification green card process and urge the Administration to expand the proposal to include all families.

Ask Congress to protect Iraqi religious minorities and those who worked with the United States as the US military drawdown goes into effect and regional instability increases.

Support legislation that will help ensure that victims of torture both overseas and in the United States receive the protection and services that they deserve.

On October 1, 2011, up to 4,600 elderly or disabled migrants lost a critical financial lifeline. Ask your representatives to support legislation to extend modest yet vital assistance to vulnerable newcomers.

Oppose legislation that would prolong detention for some migrants and increased federal spending for detention.

Thank the Obama Administration for announcing new deportation guidelines and urge Congress and the White House to further comprehensive immigration reform.

Help protect families from separation by supporting the HELP Separated Children Act.

Support the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2011.

Every year 65,000 undocumented immigrant youth graduate from high school but are unable to pursue a college education due to their immigration status. The DREAM Act provides a pathway to permanency for these young men and women. Ask President Obama and your members of Congress to vote for the DREAM Act.

Support legislation that would ensure that the United States continues to uphold its commitment to protecting refugees, asylum seekers, children and other vulnerable migrants who arrive on U.S. shores in search of protection.

Take a moment to urge your members of Congress and the President to support H.R. 1475, a bill to reform the U.S. refugee resettlement program.

Express your concern about the enactment of strict state immigration laws, including Alabama's HB 56, an even stricter law than Arizona's SB 1070. Encourage your elected officials to oppose state laws which create a culture of fear, curtail public safety and fracture families and communities.

As a result of conflict around the world, young children are orphaned or separated from their parents. When these unaccompanied immigrant children arrive in the United States they are placed into federal custody to make sure they are cared for and protected. Write to your members of Congress and President Obama asking them to support improved services and protections for unaccompanied children.

Ask Congress and the Obama administration to reform the immigration detention, which should provide basic due process rights and safe alternatives to detention.