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Press Release

 

 

For Immediate Release 
Contact: Dan Gordon , 617-651-0841
March 11, 2022 

**New Alliance Gains Momentum for Reforms** 

**WASHINGTON, D.C.**- A new coalition launched last week is gaining
momentum for immigration solutions, with new member organizations
joining the growing alliance and diverse Christian leaders jointly
penning a call for action this year.   

The State Business Executives
and
Improve the Dream have joined the
Alliance for a New Immigration Consensus (ANIC) ,
putting at 30 the number of faith, business, education, national
security and advocacy organizations urging Congress to pass incremental
immigration reforms and border security measures in 2022.  

Additionally, in an op-ed in Newsweek

published Wednesday, three prominent Catholic and evangelical leaders
called on Congress to act.

"Despite our disagreements on how to interpret the scriptures-and even
what texts are canonical-we agree that immigrants are made in God's
image and worthy of respect," write

**Bishop Mario Dorsonville of the Archdiocese of Washington**

**,**

**Chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on
Migration**;

**Walter Kim, President of the National Association of Evangelicals**;
and

**Ed Litton, President of the Southern Baptist Convention**. " ... Our
nation is divided. But despite the inside-the-Beltway popular sentiment,
addressing our nation's long-dysfunctional immigration policies can be a
unique way to heal division." 

A U.S. labor shortage accelerated by historically low immigration levels
is driving the urgency, as a Forum paper published last week

highlights. And new polling
,
also published last week, reflects that same urgency: 79% of registered
voters, including 76% of Republicans and 81% of white evangelical
Protestants, want action on the kinds of reforms the ANIC supports. 

"This growing coalition perfectly illustrates how an outdated
immigration system impacts all of us, and why reforms are urgently
needed not just in the eyes of immigrant advocates but for all Americans
who want our country to prosper," said

**Ali Noorani, President and CEO of the National Immigration Forum.**
"Whether compelled by faith, driven by economic factors, or informed by
national security interests, there's a clear consensus among a diverse
and growing population: Congress must make immigration reforms a
priority."

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