ELCA Ammparo

12/18/2025

We are happy to share a new AMMPARO resource about "dehumanizing language" — how to recognize it, respond to it, and advocate against it.
The document is linked at the end of the blog.

Please share with your churches and communities!
ELCA Advocacy Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

By: Kate Parsons Migration Policy Advisor   The Bible writes of one human family, honored and elevated through the image of God that each of us bears. As a Christian community, we are grieved when we hear language about human beings that does not honor the deep love Christ holds for them or the ima...

12/17/2025

A statement from the Interfaith Immigration Coalition which the ELCA is a participant.

Following an attack on two National Guard members, faith voices extended prayers and stood united against anti-immigrant policies.

12/17/2025

Important work that ELCA AMMPARO supports!

12/15/2025

Thank you Pastor Patty Avila!

12/01/2025

This Living Lutheran story details what one of our ELCA members have gone through as a result of actions by ICE; detained for no good reason since June and then suddenly deported last Tuesday, November 25. Pray for her and her family.

A vigil was held Oct. 11 to pray for the release of Evi Sihomping, a member of Getsemani Indonesian Lutheran Ministry in Riverside, Calif.

11/18/2025

Family Detention: Realities and Resistance under Trump 2.0
Webinar
Today, November 18th - 5 PM ET/ 4 PM CT/ 2 PM PT
Register here:
https://bit.ly/4phkjIc

The campaign seeks to reimagine our asylum system and defend the rights of those seeking protection to welcome families, children, and adults languishing on our doorstep, advocate for the restoration of asylum rights in the United States, and create a more just, humane, and dignified approach to protecting migrants fleeing danger.

https://www.instagram.com/welcomewdignity

11/08/2025

Chicago is standing with migrants and the undocumented in their community!

The front page of today's Chicago Tribune. Read the e-edition here: chicagotribune.com/enewspaper

11/08/2025

This is what is happening in the asylum process

The Administration is undermining the integrity of the U.S. immigration courts by prioritizing speed and enforcement over fairness and accuracy. Link in bio ...

11/05/2025

"If they are doing this to pastors who are praying... then it makes me shudder to imagine what they might be doing to our neighbors behind closed doors."

Read the powerful interview with Rev. David Black, the Chicago pastor captured in the viral photo confronting ICE. He discusses the spiritual call to stand in solidarity, the violence he witnessed, and why this fight is about more than just politics.

https://sojo.net/articles/interview/chicago-pastor-who-confronted-ice-viral-photo

Rev. David Black found himself in the middle of a spectacle, but he wants to be clear: This story isn't about him.

10/27/2025

Conditions in immigration detention are more deadly than ever: