We stand with Immigrant Families
At the core of nearly every faith tradition lies the concept of a just, harmonious, and loving society where all souls are valued and everyone can thrive. It is unconscionable that people fleeing violence in other countries would be deported back to those places, regardless of threats to their safety and security.
Because the Trump Administration is threatening immigrant communities across the country (regardless of documentation status), CLUE is working across Southern California to protect immigrant workers and their families in a variety of important ways.
You can join us in this work or support it with your donations knowing that you are doing your part to protect vulnerable people.
Current Initiatives
Know Your Rights Trainings
CLUE is offering Know Your Rights Train the Trainer trainings online and in person, in congregations and for our community partners.
Rapid Response Networks
If you see ICE Activity anywhere you go, you can report it to the Rapid Response hotlines in your area.
- Los Angeles: 888-624-4752
- Orange County: 714-881-1558
- San Bernardino/Riverside: 909-361-4588
- Kern County: 661-432-2230
- Central Valley: 559-206-0151
CLUE is working with RRN partners to offer ongoing trainings for faith leaders and community members who want to show up for workers and families being targeted by ICE.
If you want to be trained to be a rapid responder and you live in Orange County, Los Angeles or the Inland Empire, contact Sithy Bin ([email protected]).
CLUE Welcome Network
CLUE is cultivating its vast network of houses of worship to create a network of congregations that provide respite, and even longer-term shelter, to migrants released into Southern California.
Over 30 congregations are already participating in the CLUE Welcome Network that houses asylum seekers and refugees. We receive referrals from CHIRLA for asylum seekers in need of shelter, from legal service providers that are seeking sponsors for people being released from detention, or direct walk-ins. Some congregations in the network provide temporary shelter or short-term housing, and others support those efforts with gifts of supplies, transportation, etc.
If your congregation is interested in joining the network, offering housing or supplies or services, please contact Sithy Bin ([email protected])
Sanctuary Trainings
The Biden administration had instituted a policy prohibiting immigration arrests at “sensitive locations,” including schools, hospitals, and places of worship.
Trump has repealed that policy through one of his executive orders, but the history of sanctuary is much deeper than this Biden-era policy.
Many CLUE affiliated congregations remain interested in offering sanctuary to those that seek it. CLUE is partnering with legal groups to offer training to these congregations.
If your congregation is interested in providing sanctuary, please contact Sithy Bin ([email protected])
Immigration News
Immigration Resources
Resources to support and empower communities to prepare for and respond to ICE.
March for Dignity
As we continue to see the horrific and cruel attacks by the new administration against immigrants, religious leaders and immigrant families make the call to solidarity against marginalization, criminalization and dehumanization.
Protect Targeted People
Given our mission of working in solidarity with low-wage workers, immigrants, and communities of color in the cause of dignity and economic justice, our path is clear. I want to share just some of what we’ve been up to over the past month.
Supporting Immigrants in the New Administration
Over the last week, faith leaders and community members have met at Fairview Community Church in Costa Mesa, St. John’s Episcopal Church in San Bernardino, and the Los Angeles Episcopal Diocese to articulate the grave threats to immigrants and our communities in the face of the incoming Administration.
Finding Shelter: Liza M
Liza M. knew what it meant for her and her family when the Taliban captured the country as the American and Allied troops hastily retreated in August 2021. Liza’s mother raised her and her five siblings alone after the Taliban killed her father in 2000. During the years of western presence, her mother emphasized the importance of education for her daughters, as well as her sons. Liza and one sister became doctors; another sister became a lawyer, one brother became an engineer and the 2 youngest were still in college when they had to flee. She had a bright future in Afghanistan until 2021.
Protect Targeted People
The first day that the immigrants rights coalition turned out to resist the incoming administration, CLUE members showed up in force, amplifying the call for Sanctuary for more than a million undocumented immigrants in Los Angeles and Orange counties.
A Pastoral Letter After the Election
Join us Sun, Nov 10 at 4:30 PM to break bread, grieve, share, mourn, and find a way way forward in the wake of the election.
Finding Shelter: Fazela, Mahdi and Jawad
by Liz Bar-El, CLUE Communications Liaison This story continues our series highlighting CLUE’s work to build a network of faith partners to arrange and offer shelter to migrants arriving to the LA region, including those who are walk-in clients of our LA Welcomes Collective partner organizations and those sponsored by CLUE for release from inhumane
Shut Down Adelanto
This last Friday, September 27th, CLUE leaders joined the “Journey to Freedom” ride in front of the privately-run Adelanto ICE Immigration Detention Center, to demand humane treatment, release and closure of the facility. In centers such as Adelanto, asylum seekers and other immigrants are incarcerated for long periods, fueling a profit-driven system that prioritizes forced
Interfaith Leaders Denounce Hate & Affirm Migrant Dignity
**MEDIA ADVISORY** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 23, 2024 CONTACT: Pastor Stephen “Cue” Jn-Marie, (310) 466-8366, [email protected] OR Guillermo Torres, (323)228-2753, [email protected] TUESDAY: Live Press Conference on the Misrepresentation and Malignment of Haitian Immigrants and Immigrants of Color Politicians continue to spew hateful, harmful, and racist lies about Haitian immigrants in the city of Springfield, Ohio, despite their
Finding Shelter: Narcelys and Ramón
For asylum seekers arriving in Los Angeles, it is a daunting challenge to find a safe and affordable place to live. In order to avoid the very real possibility of new arrivals finding themselves sleeping on the streets, CLUE coordinates a network of faith-based partners (CLUE Welcome Network) willing to welcome and provide temporary shelter
400 USCIS Workers in Laguna Niguel are Threatened
URGE THE DIRECTORS TO STOP THE LAYOFFS At the intersection of immigration and economic justice sits the US Citizenship and Immigration California Service Center in Laguna Niguel. Right now, the Department of Homeland Security is preparing to close that office and lay off 400 employees, many of whom have been working there for decades. Highly
Mosawi Family Update – June 2024
UPDATE: PROGRESS TOWARD WELCOMING AN AFGHAN REFUGEE FAMILY We are excited to share an update from the volunteer team that has applied to the State Department’s Welcome Corps (WC) program to reunite the Mosawis, an Afghan family that CLUE has been assisting in our migrant outreach mission. CLUE learned of this family when the father
Welcoming Mauritanians to Bell
After release from Adelanto Detention Center in Summer 2023, 19 Mauritanian asylum seekers alight at Grace Lutheran Church in Bell. Learn about their journey and CLUE’s efforts to support immigrants like them.
Support Legislation to Help Asylum Seekers Become Self Sufficient Faster
Urge congress to to pass the Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act (H.R. 1325), which reduces the wait time for asylum seekers to obtain a work permit from 180 days to just 30.
CLUE Prepares for More Migrant Support in 2024
During the past month, CLUE and the LA Welcomes Collective have continued to anticipate and prepare for the buses expected to bring migrants to Los Angeles from Texas. Fortunately, Texas has not put busloads of people in harm’s way during the recent storms and flooding, and fewer crossings have been reported at the border during
Mosawi family profile on Spectrum News highlights the struggle of asylum seekers arriving in the United States
Sayed Mosawi and his 18-year-old son, Salar, could finally breathe a sigh of relief, when they were reunited at the home of their host, Episcopal church member and CLUE Justice activist Conrad Nordquist.
CLUE and LA Welcomes Collective: Another Challenge for 2024
Collect gently used car seats, boosters, and strollers. Or give new, unopened bottles and baby formula for immigrant families bused from Texas.
Solidarity With Immigrant Siblings is Sacred
Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice educates, organizes, and mobilizes religious leaders and community members to walk with our immigrant siblings promoting dignity and respect for every one regardless of documentation status.
We can stand with them, because people like you support an organized and connected interfaith movement for a more just and sacred society.
Support CLUE’s immigration program today and extend an embrace of welcome.