Write a letter to Congress and call to End Discriminatory Immigration Practices of Title 42.

The Baltimore-Washington Conference (BWC) area is receiving a new influx of migrants from the southern border. BWC’s Immigration Reform and Legislative Social Action Teams are aware of a significant need for basic items and temporary shelter.

They are also calling on United Methodists to call on congressional leaders to end Title 42. and to respond with concrete acts of hospitality. To learn more about Title 42 click here .

On Friday April 1, 2022, the Biden Administration announced its firm commitment to end Title 42, a discriminatory policy that prevents migrants from declaring asylum at the US/Mexico border. In response to the end of Title 42, Governor Abott of Texas issued an aggressive action to begin busing migrants and asylum seekers from the southern border to Washington, DC.

What does the Church say?

As United Methodists we believe that, “the center of Christian faithfulness to Scripture is the call we have been given to love and welcome the sojourner. We call upon all United Methodist churches to welcome newly arriving migrants in their communities, to love them as we do ourselves, to treat them as one of our native-born, to see in them the presence of the incarnated Jesus, and to show hospitality to the migrants in our midst, believing that through their presence we are receiving the good news of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.” Welcoming the Migrant to the US 2016 Book of Resolutions, #3281.

End Discriminatory Immigration Practices of Title 42. Let your representatives know that you support fair and humane policies that do not penalize asylum seekers. US law gives asylum seekers the right to seek asylum upon arrival in the United States. US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is legally required to conduct screenings to ensure they do not expel people who are at risks or torture or other serious harm after being expelled and returned to their country of origin that the consequences of returning asylum seekers to danger can be catastrophic –resulting in sexual assault, torture, and death. More than 642,700 expulsions have occurred under Title 42