Call Congress: Keep ICE out of Churches, Hospitals, and other Sensitive Locations

Protect Sensitive locations call-in
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  1. Call (202) 953-6731 with your cell phone or from a landline, or
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The Protecting Sensitive Locations Act (H.R.1061/S.455), legislation coming out of the Senate and the House, aims to strengthen restrictions on immigration enforcement at designated sensitive locations—such as houses of worship, schools, and medical facilities. If passed into law, the Protecting Sensitive Locations Act will provide our communities with critical safeguards that they have been without since the Trump administration gutted longstanding guidance for immigration enforcement agents in January 2025.

Senate and House lawmakers have a bill that:

  • Designates places of worship, schools, hospitals, courthouses, and other vital community spaces as sensitive locations.
  • Reinstates clear guidance for agents, prohibiting enforcement within 1,000 feet of designated locations and allowing exceptions only in exigent circumstances, making such actions the rare exception rather than the new normal.
  • Mandates reporting to Congress whenever enforcement occurs at these locations, ensuring greater accountability and transparency.  

Here are some thoughts to share on your call:

This common-sense approach could help ease pervasive fear that discourages people from practicing their faith, attending school, and accessing care and support.  

Passage of the Protecting Sensitive Locations Act is essential to safeguard the freedoms and dignity we all deserve in our country--the right to health care, the freedom to worship, and humane treatment by our government officials.

Our families and communities need Congress to pass clear guidance that keeps sensitive locations safe for all of us, whether we were born here or are a newcomer. Every one of us should feel secure getting our most basic needs met.

Thank you for calling your Members of Congress. Together, we are carrying Crosses of Resistance this Lenten season!