Take Action Archives - Bridge to Rutland https://bridgetorutland.com/category/take-action/ Supporting asylum seekers in Rutland County, VT Mon, 30 Mar 2026 13:43:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://bridgetorutland.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/cropped-favicon-32x32.png Take Action Archives - Bridge to Rutland https://bridgetorutland.com/category/take-action/ 32 32 KYR – Know Your Rights https://bridgetorutland.com/kyr-know-your-rights/ Fri, 07 Feb 2025 20:25:47 +0000 https://bridgetorutland.com/?p=2682 KYR is important for both asylum seekers and other immigrants as well as for U.S. citizens. It’s important for employers, law enforcement, the medical community, schools, libraries, faith communities, and neighbors. The U.S. Constitution guarantees rights to all within its borders. You can read more about these rights at the following links: National Immigration Law...

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]]> Tell Biden: End Expedited Removals and Restore Asylum https://bridgetorutland.com/tell-biden-end-expedited-removals-and-restore-asylum/ Wed, 17 May 2023 09:48:03 +0000 https://bridgetorutland.com/?p=1724 Please ask President Biden to reverse his new anti-asylum policy. Click here to sign the petition.

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]]> Save asylum! https://bridgetorutland.com/save-asylum/ Tue, 21 Mar 2023 09:53:43 +0000 https://bridgetorutland.com/?p=1516 Please submit a comment to tell the Biden administration not to bring back Trump’s asylum ban. Click here to go to the form.

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]]> Please sign a petition to save asylum! https://bridgetorutland.com/please-sign-a-petition-to-save-asylum/ Sat, 04 Mar 2023 11:52:03 +0000 https://bridgetorutland.com/?p=1499 Tell Biden: Seeking asylum is a right! Sign the petition The Biden administration has proposed a rule that would unlawfully deny asylum to people seeking protection at the southern border who don’t first wait to apply for asylum in Mexico or other countries they passed through — despite the fact that many of these countries...

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]]> Stop immigrations fees from rising https://bridgetorutland.com/stop-immigrations-fees-from-rising/ Sun, 19 Feb 2023 10:55:31 +0000 https://bridgetorutland.com/?p=1381 Please submit a public comment opposing the plan by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to raise many of the immigration and naturalization fees the agency charges to applicants. While some fee waivers would stay in place, the average fee would rise 40%, with some fees increasing by more than 100%, disproportionately affecting working-class families. Please leave a unique message of opposition, including...

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]]> Sign a Petition to Urge Congress to protect DACA now https://bridgetorutland.com/sign-a-petition-to-urge-congress-to-protect-daca-now/ Tue, 11 Oct 2022 10:44:19 +0000 https://bridgetorutland.com/?p=833 We are sharing the below request from Move On: After months of deliberation, a federal court just released its decision on the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) program, ruling against DACA recipients.1 While renewals remain open for now, the lives of hundreds of thousands of DACA recipients remain in a legal state of limbo. Immigrant...

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]]> Sign a letter to support housing assistance https://bridgetorutland.com/sign-a-letter-to-support-housing-assistance/ Wed, 14 Sep 2022 09:52:00 +0000 https://bridgetorutland.com/?p=801 Federal funding for low income Vermonters is going away in the next few months. This is a crisis for all Vermonters, as we struggle to recover from COVID. Our asylum seekers are among the economically disadvantaged people who will be affected by this change. With winter coming on, we need to act now! So Bridge...

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]]> Support due process in immigration court https://bridgetorutland.com/support-due-process-in-immigration-court/ Sun, 28 Aug 2022 11:43:01 +0000 https://bridgetorutland.com/?p=795 We are sharing this request from the Vera Institute: There is no due process in immigration court. Unlike in our criminal legal system, there is no right to a public defender for people who face the devastating consequences of detention or deportation. Imagine if you had to defend your house, your family, or your life...

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]]> Action: Ask your Senators to oppose Title 42 https://bridgetorutland.com/action-ask-your-senators-to-oppose-title-42/ Thu, 04 Aug 2022 11:09:04 +0000 https://bridgetorutland.com/?p=765 Please ask your Senators to reject any legislation, including amendments to the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, that would extend the border expulsion policy under Title 42.https://www.aila.org/advo-media/tools/advocacy-action-center#/121 Title 42 is the inhumane policy that violates international law by excluding asylum seekers from entering the country. According to the Justice Action Center, there have been more...

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]]> Free class on asylum seekers https://bridgetorutland.com/free-class-on-asylum-seekers/ Sun, 17 Apr 2022 08:39:47 +0000 https://bridgetorutland.com/?p=642 Bridge to Rutland is inviting you to a 4-week course called: The Stranger Among Us: The US, the Northern Triangle and Asylum. This is a free offering from Grace UCC and Bridge to Rutland. Explore the history, theology and policy that bring us to today’s asylum crisis.  All are welcome.  Please let us know that you are...

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