Detention Watch Network Releases ‘Expose and Close’ Reports on Immigrant...
National and local leaders from the Detention Watch Network (DWN) today will release a series of reports titled “Expose and Close” to reveal the widespread pattern of mistreatment at 10 of the worst...
View ArticleLIRS Expands Online Presence
Thanks to your passionate support for LIRS’s mission of welcoming migrants and refugees, our online presence is growing stronger ever. Just last night, LIRS’s Facebook fan base surpassed 2,000 people,...
View ArticleMonday Launch of New LIRS Blog Means More Tools and Features
Just a quick invitation to visit this blog on Monday, when we’ll unveil the updated version, “Redefining Welcome.” Our revamped blog will be a home space for Linda Hartke, our president and CEO, to...
View ArticleDREAM Act, Immigration Reform & Veterans: Top Picks from the Immigration and...
Welcome to Top Picks! In this series, which will appear each Monday, I’d like to share with you some of the posts from around the blogosphere that I found the most thought-provoking or applause-worthy....
View ArticleThanks and Thanksgiving!
I just wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who’s helped boost the launch of this new blog! In the last couple of days, we’ve seen a spike in Twitter and Facebook activity, as well as a nice jump...
View ArticleWhat You’ll Find on This Blog, and When: A Short Preview
I don’t know about you, but my Thanksgiving holiday was a busy time with family and friends, and now I need to get back in to the rhythm of a new week. Perhaps the same is true for you? So this...
View ArticleLIRS Receives $14,829 Grant from the Annie E. Casey Foundation
Great news! I’m glad to report that we’ve received a grant from the Annie E. Casey Foundation to help pay for the creation of Disaster Preparedness in Migrant Communities: A Manual for First...
View Article‘Disaster Preparedness in Migrant Communities: A Manual for First Responders’...
We’re launching a fantastic new resource today: Disaster Preparedness in Migrant Communities: A Manual for First Responders. In a nutshell, it’s a unique resource to help communities integrate migrants...
View ArticleOdyssey Networks Helps Spread the Word About Immigration Reform
I just wanted to thank Odyssey Networks for showcasing “Immigration Reform 2013: As Obama Speaks, Faith Leaders Stand for Welcome” in their daily ON Today newsletter. It’s great to have their help in...
View ArticleLutheran Church-Missouri Synod Releases Report on ‘Immigrants Among Us’
I’m excited that the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) has released their long-awaited report, Immigrants Among Us: A Lutheran Framework for Addressing Immigration Issues. This report by the LCMS...
View Article‘Let’s Keep Immigrant Families Together, Help U.S.’— ELCA Bishop Thomas M....
It’s a pleasure to share an op-ed by Bishop Thomas M. Aitken that ran in Sunday’s Duluth News Tribune. Bishop Aitken, who serves the Northeastern Minnesota Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in...
View ArticleWorld Refugee Day: Sermon Asks Listeners to Imagine Walking in Shoes of...
I’d like to share a very special sermon delivered in Plentywood, Montana, to mark June 20, World Refugee Day. The Rev. R. Mark Taylor asked parishioners at Plentywood Lutheran Church to think about how...
View ArticleLeaders from Across America Join LIRS on Capitol Hill for World Refugee Day
I’m proud and grateful that World Refugee Day was a great success! We welcomed nearly 30 former refugees, all of them now community leaders, who traveled to Washington, D.C. to call for a strong U.S....
View ArticleBust the Myths of Immigration Reform with this Spectacular New Infographic!
We’ve all been there: A family member or friend argues against immigration reform because they’ve been misled by damaging myths they heard on TV. You want to stick up for your immigrant friends and win...
View ArticleNew Immigration Reform Resources Point to Benefits of a Commonsense Solution
I wanted to pass on some tools that I think will help you Stand for Welcome! These resources complement the broad range of information from which you can develop a balanced perspective, including the...
View ArticleIs Everything You Know About Immigration Wrong?
It might be, if you believe Princeton University’s Doug Massey, who’s identified as “one of the nation’s preeminent immigration scholars” in a new Washington Post article. Writing for the Post’s...
View ArticleLutheran Social Services of Michigan Videos Show the Power of Standing for...
From time to time one of our friends and partners comes up with materials that are just astonishing. Today, I wanted to share a set of videos created by Lutheran Social Services of Michigan (LSSM)....
View ArticleHigher Hits the Blogosphere — Check Out the Resources and Tips!
It’s my pleasure to point you to a budding new resource for people interested in the connection between refugee resettlement and the workplace: the Higher blog. Many of you are already familiar with...
View Article‘New Models for Alternatives to Detention in the US’— LIRS Staff Write at...
I’m excited to share the news that Forced Migration Review, the foremost international journal aimed at improving policy and practice for people affected by forced migration, has just published an...
View ArticleImmigration Detention: An Advocate’s Experience Working to Change the U.S....
Immigration detention is an important focus here at LIRS. Today, I’d like to invite you to a special event on how advocates are making a difference for some of the over 34,000 immigrants that the U.S....
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