THREAD: The labor rights movement has served as an enduring reminder of the inextricable link between immigrants and citizens in the U.S. For decades, the fight for safe working conditions and fair wages have revealed our common needs and dreams. https://bit.ly/3lVjRiZ 

These include stability, the ability to provide for ourselves and our loved ones, good health, rest. The persistent attempts to divide us serve as a testament to the strength of our divine connection.

Preying upon fears of scarcity and those who appear foreign, anti-immigrant hate groups and their followers, including those currently in positions of power in the U.S. government, are trying to pit immigrant and citizen workers against each other.

The basis for these fears are antithetical to our Christian teachings that remind us of God’s infinite abundance and command us to love our neighbors.

This #LaborDay comes as the pandemic indiscriminately costs lives and livelihoods. It also comes as @USCIS leadership (the agency responsible for processing immigration and naturalization applications) has manufactured a financial crisis.

In order to prevent work permits and other vital identity documents from getting to immigrant customers, the administration is threatening to lay off 13,000 public servants -- an unconscionable and deliberate policy choice, especially during this vulnerable time.

CLINIC’s @RISServes has seen firsthand how USCIS’ mismanagement and inefficient processes have burdened religious workers. Many immigrate to the US to fulfill their faith’s mission, provide spiritual guidance, and aid to parishioners and the communities in which they live.

Religious workers also serve in schools and hospitals across the country. Yet, many of the administration’s policy decisions threaten current and future immigrant religious workers and in turn, the American communities they serve.

Religious workers also serve in schools and hospitals across the country. Yet, many of the administration’s policy decisions threaten current and future immigrant religious workers and in turn, the American communities they serve.

Today, join me in sending a message of solidarity with immigrant workers and USCIS public servants and consider supporting the following orgs with a financial gift: @unitehere @NDLON @32BJSEIU @FarmwrkrJustice @AFLCIO @domesticworkers

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