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NETWORK opposes H.Con.Res. 14, the Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2025. This resolution sets in motion a bill that will substantially expand detention and deportation of law-abiding immigrants who contribute to our communities. NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice opposed the FULL-YEAR CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS AND EXTENSIONS ACT, 2025. This bill shifted significant funding from human needs programs to fund the major expansion of family detention. NETWORK opposed S. 5, the Laken-Riley Bill. The bill raises serious due process concerns by requiring mandatory detention in cases where people have been accused of theft and other petty crimes. Additional concerns include the guaranteed right to sue for states that disagree with federal immigration policy (including threatening the exclusions of visa to entire countries). NETWORK strongly opposes H.R. 1 for many reasons including spending approximately 900 billion dollars in immigration enforcement, detention and deportation which will separate families and terror law-abiding immigrant communities across the country. NETWORK strongly supports: Protecting Sensitive Locations Act (H.R. 1061) which would prohibit enforcement actions like arrests or searches at places such as schools, hospitals, churches, courthouses, DMVs, and homeless shelters. American Dream and Promise Act of 2025 (H.R. 1589) which would provide a pathway to citizenship to Dreamers, undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children. It would also include recipients of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) beneficiaries. Religious Workforce Protection Act (H.R. 2672 / S. 1298) which would amend immigration law to allow foreign-born religious workers (R-1 visa holders) to remain in the U.S. past the current 5-year limit while awaiting permanent residency (EB-4) approval, preventing mandatory one-year departures. Protect Vulnerable Immigrant Youth Act (H.R. 3763 / S. 1965) which would eliminate employment-based visa caps for abused, abandoned, and neglected children who are classified as special immigrant juveniles. The Dream Act (S. 3348) which would provide a path to lawful permanent residency and eventual citizenship for undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, known as "Dreamers". The Dignity for Detained Immigrant Act (HR 6397) which would reform the U.S. detention system by ending mandatory detention, prohibiting family detention, and phasing out private detention facilities over three years. NETWORK opposes funding proposals for ICE and CBP without adequate protections for communities to stop oppose and mass deportations. These agencies are not living up to obligations to conduct themselves with humanity and care for individuals. Rather they are unaccountable agents who disregard basic standards of human dignity and care. They should not be funded unless they overhaul operations and apply basic policing standards to their work. NETWORK Lobby strongly opposed the budget resolution and legislative text of a $70 billion reconciliation bill (Secure America Act, S.2) exclusively focused on immigration enforcement. This bill expands funding for mass deportation and detention of immigrant community members, and fails to include legal protections to ensure immigration enforcement is executed in a humane manner consistent with other law enforcement agencies. NETWORK strongly supports H.R. 1689, a bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status. This is critical to ensure current Haitian TPS holders can remain in the US and have valid work authorization. NETWORK strongly opposes the Deport Alien Gang Members Act, a bill that would drastically expand the federal governments authority to label activists as gang members and expedite their removal.

NETWORK opposes H.Con.Res. 14, the Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2025. This resolution sets in motion a bill that, if passed, will significantly harm millions of hardworking people and families to pay for tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy. NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice opposed the FULL-YEAR CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS AND EXTENSIONS ACT, 2025. This bill made significant cuts to programs that help keep costs down in housing, healthcare, veterans services, seniors services, and more. This bill also shifted significant funding from human needs programs to fund the major expansion of family detention centers and private prisons to cage immigrant families. NETWORK strongly opposes H.R.1, the budget reconciliation bill, because it makes significant cuts to our nation's healthcare programs - MEDICAID and the Affordable Care Act - and food programs - the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - to pay for 4.5 trillion dollars of tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations and to fund the mass separation of families through detention and deportation. The bill also raises our nation's debt by 3.5 trillion dollars. NETWORK opposed House CR proposal because it did not address the need to extend the ACA enhanced premium tax credits for 24 million Americans before open enrollment, November 1. NETWORK Lobby urged a YES on H.R. 7148 H.R. 7148, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, which was signed into law on February 3, 2026, becoming Public Law No: 119-75. It provides full-year, bipartisan funding for several federal departments-including Defense, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Transportation-for the remainder of FY2026. NETWORK Lobby urged Members of Congress to reject the budget resolution and legislative text of a $70 billion reconciliation bill (Secure America Act, S.2) exclusively focused on immigration enforcement. This bill expands funding for mass deportation and detention of immigrant community members, and fails to include legal protections to ensure immigration enforcement is executed in a humane manner consistent with other law enforcement agencies.

NETWORK rejects further militarization of our borders and the ending of asylum processing into the United States. NETWORK continues to support Refugee Resettlement of vulnerable peoples around the world. NETWORK strongly opposes H.R. 1 for many reasons including spending approximately 900 billion dollars in immigration enforcement, detention and deportation which will separate families and terror law-abiding immigrant communities across the country. NETWORK strongly supports HR 6397, the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act, which would seeks to overhaul the U.S. immigration detention system by ending for-profit detention, abolishing mandatory detention, and prohibiting solitary confinement. NETWORK strongly supports S. 3348, the Dream Act, which would federal proposal to provide a path to lawful permanent residency and eventual citizenship for undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, known as "Dreamers." NETWORK strongly supports S. 455/H.R. 1061, the Sensitive Locations Act, to prohibit immigration enforcement actions in places vital to community life, such as schools, hospitals, courthouses, places of worship, and social service centers. NETWORK opposes FY 26 funding for ICE CBP with safeguards and protocols that keep communities safe, and require the personal to operate under best practices for law enforcement. ICE and CBP must operate humanely and protect the dignity of all. NETWORK Lobby strongly opposed the budget resolution and legislative text of a $70 billion reconciliation bill (Secure America Act, S.2) exclusively focused on immigration enforcement. This bill expands funding for mass deportation and detention of immigrant community members, and fails to include legal protections to ensure immigration enforcement is executed in a humane manner consistent with other law enforcement agencies. NETWORK strongly supports H.R. 1689, a bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status. This is critical to ensure current Haitian TPS holders can remain in the US and have valid work authorization. NETWORK strongly opposes the Deport Alien Gang Members Act, a bill that would drastically expand the federal governments authority to label activists as gang members and expedite their removal.

NETWORK opposes H.Con.Res. 14, the Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2025. This resolution sets in motion a bill that will substantially expand detention and deportation of law-abiding immigrants who contribute to our communities. NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice opposed the FULL-YEAR CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS AND EXTENSIONS ACT, 2025. This bill shifted significant funding from human needs programs to fund the major expansion of family detention. NETWORK opposed S. 5, the Laken-Riley Bill. The bill raises serious due process concerns by requiring mandatory detention in cases where people have been accused of theft and other petty crimes. Additional concerns include the guaranteed right to sue for states that disagree with federal immigration policy (including threatening the exclusions of visa to entire countries). NETWORK strongly opposes H.R. 1 for many reasons including spending approximately 900 billion dollars in immigration enforcement, detention and deportation which will separate families and terror law-abiding immigrant communities across the country. NETWORK strongly supports: Protecting Sensitive Locations Act (H.R. 1061) which would prohibit enforcement actions like arrests or searches at places such as schools, hospitals, churches, courthouses, DMVs, and homeless shelters. American Dream and Promise Act of 2025 (H.R. 1589) which would provide a pathway to citizenship to Dreamers, undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children. It would also include recipients of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) beneficiaries. Religious Workforce Protection Act (H.R. 2672 / S. 1298) which would amend immigration law to allow foreign-born religious workers (R-1 visa holders) to remain in the U.S. past the current 5-year limit while awaiting permanent residency (EB-4) approval, preventing mandatory one-year departures. Protect Vulnerable Immigrant Youth Act (H.R. 3763 / S. 1965) which would eliminate employment-based visa caps for abused, abandoned, and neglected children who are classified as special immigrant juveniles. The Dream Act (S. 3348) which would provide a path to lawful permanent residency and eventual citizenship for undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, known as "Dreamers". The Dignity for Detained Immigrant Act (HR 6397) which would reform the U.S. detention system by ending mandatory detention, prohibiting family detention, and phasing out private detention facilities over three years. NETWORK opposes funding proposals for ICE and CBP without adequate protections for communities to stop oppose and mass deportations. These agencies are not living up to obligations to conduct themselves with humanity and care for individuals. Rather they are unaccountable agents who disregard basic standards of human dignity and care. They should not be funded unless they overhaul operations and apply basic policing standards to their work.

NETWORK rejects further militarization of our borders and the ending of asylum processing into the United States. NETWORK continues to support Refugee Resettlement of vulnerable peoples around the world. NETWORK strongly opposes H.R. 1 for many reasons including spending approximately 900 billion dollars in immigration enforcement, detention and deportation which will separate families and terror law-abiding immigrant communities across the country. NETWORK strongly supports HR 6397, the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act, which would seeks to overhaul the U.S. immigration detention system by ending for-profit detention, abolishing mandatory detention, and prohibiting solitary confinement. NETWORK strongly supports S. 3348, the Dream Act, which would federal proposal to provide a path to lawful permanent residency and eventual citizenship for undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, known as "Dreamers." NETWORK strongly supports S. 455, the Sensitive Locations Act, to prohibit immigration enforcement actions in places vital to community life, such as schools, hospitals, courthouses, places of worship, and social service centers. NETWORK opposes FY 26 funding for ICE CBP with safeguards and protocols that keep communities safe, and require the personal to operate under best practices for law enforcement. ICE and CBP must operate humanely and protect the dignity of all.