REFUGEE AND IMMIGRATION ADVOCACY RESOURCES

Refugee Advocacy Resources

• Episcopal Public Policy Network (EPPN)
• Refugee advocacy page from the EPPN
• Episcopal Policy on refugee & immigration issues
• Faith & Citizenship: A Guide to Effective Advocacy for Episcopalians 
• Immigration advocacy page from the EPPN
• Lookup Your Elected Officials 
• List of all Members of Congress on Twitter 
• Congressional Committees Relevant to Refugees: The Senate and House Appropriations Committees; Senate and House Judiciary Committees; Senate and House Homeland Security Committees; or Senate and House Foreign Relations Committees
• Calendars of 2018 in-district time
• Congressional visit Dos & Don’ts 
• Refugeerights.org: “The Muslim Ban(s) – An Explainer” 
• Civil Discourse Curriculum from OGR
• Global Compact on Refugees
• My Neighbor Is Muslim Toolkit

Immigration Advocacy Resources

• PBS Newshour: “As immigration increases, violent crime falls or stays the same” 
• NPR: “Arrests For Illegal Border Crossings Hit 46-Year Low” 
• Center for Migration Studies: “Immigration Detention: Recent Trends and Scholarship” 
• Detention Watch Network: Immigrant Detention 101
• NPR Interview on Asylum Process
• Migration Policy Institute
• Information on length of time for receiving a visa found in the Visa Bulletin here and information on how to read the Visa Bulletin is here.
• Southern Border Communities Coalition
• Informed Immigrant is a comprehensive resource for immigrants in the U.S.