Dear Jeremy,

Across the U.S., thousands of Christians have welcomed refugees into their homes and churches. Yet right now, refugee policy and recent ICE enforcement like Operation PARRIS in Minneapolis are tearing lives apart and deepening a sense of fear.

This follows a marked increase in immigration enforcement activity across multiple U.S. cities such as Chicago, Los Angeles and Memphis in recent months.

Matthew Soerens, Vice President for Advocacy and Policy, shares important information about the unjust detainment of legally admitted refugee families — who is being targeted, how families are being separated, and why it must stop.

We are facing a crisis of justice — and we need to act.

Here's how you can help, right now:

1. Call on Congress to suspend Operation PARRIS and investigate ICE enforcement.

2. Join nearly 5,000 others who have signed our statement for compassion over fear — help us reach 10,000 signatures.

3. Donate today. An estimated 17,600 refugees — 4,400 families — that we care for at World Relief are at risk of being unjustly detained, deported or separated. They need your financial support to equip them with legal representation, rent assistance and food.

Jeremy, there is no time to waste. The danger is here now. Stand with these families facing extreme vulnerability so they can remain strong, together.

Your gift will help us respond to this dire moment and provide much-needed:

• Urgent Immigration Legal Services and advocacy to protect due process and family unity

• Emergency rental assistance to prevent sudden homelessness when a working adult is detained

• Food support for families facing abrupt loss of income when a working adult is taken into custody

• Flexible cash assistance to address urgent, rapidly evolving needs when income-earning individuals are unable to work due to fear of detention

• Psychosocial and trauma-informed care to restore stability amid overwhelming fear and stress

• Church-led volunteers to walk alongside these families in their greatest moment of need.

In the face of immense fear, you can be the bearer of hope and a symbol of faith.

Standing with refugee families,

World Relief
 

P.S. Please forward this message to your church or community and share this video on social media or by email. The more people who know, the more people can respond. We must not stay silent.

World Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization whose mission is to boldly engage the world’s greatest crises in partnership with the church.