Advocate for Safety, Dignity and Due Process for Asylum Seekers

Many individuals and families have fled their homelands due to persecution, violence, or extreme poverty to seek refuge in the United States. Among them are Christians and other religious minorities fleeing credible threats to their lives, as well as families with young children escaping danger. Their journeys are marked by risk and desperation; but also hope for safety and security. However, upon reaching the border, they encounter a complex and backlogged immigration system.

Right now, arrivals at the southern border have effectively been suspended by the current administration, yet those already here continue to wait in limbo for their asylum cases to be heard. This crisis underscores the urgent need to ensure due process and restore pathways to protection.

While U.S. law allows those with credible asylum claims to remain in the country while their cases are processed, delays often stretch for months or years.  Increasingly families, including children, are held in detention while they await the final determination on their asylum request, even in cases where individuals entered and have always been present in the United States lawfully. Additionally, a shortage of immigration judges, limited resources and complex legal procedures have created significant barriers to timely and fair adjudication.

As Christians, we are called to seek justice, extend compassion, and uphold the dignity of every person – especially the vulnerable.

Both Congress and the administration have critical roles in shaping our nation’s border policies. While our laws rightly uphold secure borders, they also provide protection for those fleeing credible threats to their lives. That means increasing the capacity to process asylum claims fairly and efficiently, opposing punitive policies like family separation or detention, and expanding legal pathways to safety.

Let your Representative and Senators know that you support restoring justice and dignity to the asylum process. Urge them to uphold due process, protect vulnerable families, and ensure the United States remains a place of refuge.