Jul 30, 2019 | Press Releases
July 30, 2019Franciscan Action Network (FAN) opposes S. 1494, the so-called “Secure and Protect Act of 2019” which neither secures nor protects, but rather undermines critical protection for children as well as the United States asylum system, making it more difficult...
Jul 18, 2019 | Immigration
July 18, 2019 Today inside the Russell Senate Office Building Rotunda, 70 Catholic leaders locked arms in an act of nonviolent civil disobedience, in an effort to put pressure on Congress and the presidential administration to end the immoral and inhumane practice of...
Jul 18, 2019 | Press Releases
For Immediate Release: July 18, 2019 Contact: Janine Walsh | walsh@franciscanaction.org | 203-685-1856 Contact: Michelle Nealy | mnealy@faithinpubliclife.org | 202-735-7123 Contact: Erin Williams | ewilliams@faithinaction.org | 202-748-0699 Hundreds of Catholic...
Jul 9, 2019 | Immigration
In June of 2019, members of the DC Catholic Coalition experienced a call to respond to the immediate crisis of children at the US Border separated from their families and detained in unacceptable conditions. Representing religious congregations and Catholic justice...
