PRO-DREAMERS — Republican Florida Sens. Marco Rubio and Rick Scott must find a permanent immigration solution for Dreamers, writes the Rev. Joel Tooley, lead pastor at First Church of the Nazarene in Melbourne, Florida, and executive director of Mosaic Compassion, in an op-ed for The Orlando Sentinel. "As a faith leader of a congregation in the evangelical tradition, I cannot think of a more pro-life, pro-family, pro-America stand to take than to ensure Dreamers have a permanent legal solution," he writes. Up north in New York, ER resident physician and DACA beneficiary Juan Vasquez writes in an op-ed for The Washington Post about how bureaucratic backlogs are keeping him from his life-saving work: "I now find myself in the strange position of not being able to work as an emergency room doctor because the pandemic has hobbled the federal agency responsible for renewing DACA eligibility applications. In other words, "I can’t treat coronavirus patients, or others, because COVID-19 has left DACA in disarray." 

‘A PLACE TO STAY’ — The Arlington, Massachusetts-based nonprofit Misión de Caridad is helping migrants and refugees in desperate need at the U.S.-Mexico border, reports Jesse Collings of Wicked Local. The program has about 10 employees and volunteers in the Boston area and 35 workers in Mexico — many of whom live in poverty themselves — who provide food, clothing, and health education to migrants. "A lot of [migrants] do not think about going to the U.S., they are really too poor for that," said co-founder Jean Sicurella. "They are fleeing due to violence and they are looking for a place to stay." Speaking of a place to stay, Religion News Service’s Tamarra Kemsley reports that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has added a new section to its official handbook for leaders, calling on members to welcome and support refugees in their local communities. 

SCHOOLHOUSE BUS — The Los Angeles-based Yes We Can World Foundation gained accreditation as the first international agency to teach migrant children south of the U.S.-Mexico border while on buses, reports Salvador Rivera of Border Report. So far, the organization has three full-time schools in Tijuana, Mexicali, and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, which provide bilingual instruction and "specialty courses such as understanding the migrant process [and] emotional intelligence," notes Rivera. "Our curriculums and programs serve as a bridge school to prepare migrant children for what their academic future could be whether they end up in the U.S. or in Mexico," said Estefanía Rebellón, the organization’s founder and executive director.