Mission Statement The New Sanctuary Movement of Philadelphia is an interfaith immigrant rights coalition. We are called by our religious values to build alliances across faith, ethnicity, and class, in order to empower affected communities. We emphasize the telling of stories to give voice to injustices faced by immigrants, documented and undocumented alike .

Mission Statement The New Sanctuary Movement of Philadelphia is an interfaith immigrant rights coalition. We are called by our religious values to build alliances across faith, ethnicity, and class, in order to empower affected communities.
We emphasize the telling of stories to give voice to injustices faced by immigrants, documented and undocumented alike.

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Click HERE to watch a wonderful short movie of a march we planned this past summer called "Walk a Mile in Our Shoes."

Thanks to Aaron from The Simple Way for putting this together.

City Council Passes Resolution to End Police/ICE Collaboration!

On June 23rd, City Council unanimously passed a non-binding resoultion calling for the end of the collaboration between the Philadelphia Police Department and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The resolution, introduced by Councilmembers Jim Kenny and Maria Quinones-Sanchez. This resolution demonstrates political will in the City's leadership to stop ICE from interfering with the livelihoods of the people of Philadelphia. Councilman Kenny spoke passionately about the importance of ending this dangerous collaboration and its influence on the city of Philadelphia, and there were many supporters in agreement with the Councilman. We hope District Attorney Williams and Mayor Nutter realize the dangerous effect of this partnership on the residents of Philadelphia and end it.

Click here (English/Español) to read New Sanctuary Movement's Spring Newsletter, including our work and recent events.

To hear more stories from Philadelphia residents about their interactions with I.C.E., click here.

Ending Police ICE collaboration

These policies are of great concern because they lead to: civil and human rights violations, fear of the police is rampant, immigrant victims and witnesses of crimes are less likely to report crime, domestive violence victims have to chooes between risking deportation and sustained abuse,there is not way to monitor racial profiling, Police/ICE collaboration errode trust, which is the foundation for community policing. Unlike the name, Secure Communities creates dangerous grounds for crime to spread.

Based in a tradition of faith-based social justice, we emphasize the telling of stories to give voice to injustices faced by immigrants, documented and undocumented alike. We educate allied congregations about immigration issues and immigrant congregations about their rights. Through this education we are creating a network that advocates for the end of all collaboration between the Philadelphia Police Department and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Together we a building a Philadelphia that reflects our values of hospitality, welcome, justice, and dignity.

We are calling for the End of all policies that encourage collaboration between the police and ICE, the termination of the contract that allows ICE access to PARS, and that Philadelphia opt outof the misnamed Secure Communities program.

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