ELCA Action Alert: Oppose Immigration Enforcement Funding Without Reforms

Action AlertELCA AdvocacyCongressImmigration and Asylum

Jun 2

As Congress considers an immigration enforcement reconciliation package, oppose funding that harms our communities. Take action here.

The Senate recently passed a $70+ billion reconciliation package that includes $38 billion in additional funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and $26 billion for Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) – enough to fund both agencies for the next three years. This package includes none of the reforms, accountability, or oversight that faith leaders advocated for following the killing of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti, the detention of children, refugees and U.S. citizens, and both widespread fear and faith-filled resistance.

Earlier this year, faith leaders including Presiding Bishop Curry wrote in a letter to legislators that they “see this as a critical moment to legislate immigration policies that are just, humane and respectful of the dignity of immigrants who, like all people, are beloved children of God,” citing the verse: “The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the native-born among you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God” (Leviticus 19:34).

Ask the House of Representatives to protect our neighbors by opposing funding for actions that are harming our communities, and by supporting reforms like protections for churches and other places of worship and an end to family detention.

Make your message to your representative more impactful by personalizing it.

Read Bishop Hutterer’s July 8, 2026 letter to Congressman Juan Ciscomani.

THANK YOU for joining the ELCA in protecting our neighbors!

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Read the Action Alert in the ELCA Advocacy Action Center

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