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My brothers and sisters in Christ:
Our Catholic Bishops have asked all Catholics to participate in a national Catholic “call-in day” to Congress to express support for Dreamers. You are asked to call your congressional offices in Washington on Monday, February 26, 2018.
This call-in initiative represents an important escalation of our efforts to urge Congress to find a legislative solution for Dreamers before the March 5 deadline that President Trump has set for ending the executive branch protection called “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals,” or “DACA.” Our Bishop Joe Vásquez, the Chairman of the Committee on Migration, has written a letter to Senators to summarize the USCCB’s principles on legislation that relates to the protection of Dreamers.
Details needed to make these calls are below:
Lenten Action for Dreamers: Congressional Call-In Campaign
Please participate in the Call-in Day to Congress on Monday, February 26, 2018!Your advocacy is critical to help the nearly 1.8 million Dreamers, young people who were brought into the United States by their parents as children. They may face deportation as soon as March 6, unless Congress reaches a bi-partisan deal to protect them. Please follow these easy steps to help:
1. Please call 855-589-5698 to reach the Capitol switchboard, and press 1 to connect to your Senators. Once you are connected to each Senator’s office, please ask the person on the phone to deliver this simple message:
“I urge you to support a bipartisan, common-sense, and humane solution for Dreamers:
•Protect Dreamers from deportation and provide them with a path to citizenship.
• Reject proposals that undermine family immigration or protections for unaccompanied children.
• As a Catholic, I know that families are not “chains,” but a blessing to be protected.
• Act now to protect Dreamers, our immigrant brothers and sisters.”
2. Please call 855-589-5698 a second time to reach the Capitol switchboard again, and press 2 to connect to your Representative. Once you are connected to the Representative’s office, please ask the person on the phone to deliver the same message as above.
After completing your call, please go to http://www.justiceforimmigrants.org to learn more about Dreamers and find other ways to voice your support.
Parish DACA page.