Email your senators to ask them to oppose funding for mass detentions and deportations in the “One Big, Beautiful Bill Act.”
Right now, senators are considering the sprawling budget reconciliation bill known as the “One Big, Beautiful Bill Act”, which would:
- Add nearly $120 billion to existing border security and immigration enforcement funding, dramatically increasing funding for detentions and deportations;
- Limit asylum to those who can pay for it by imposing a $1,000 fee to seek asylum and $550 fee for asylum-seekers’ work authorizations, prohibitive fees for those seeking safety and self-sufficiency; and
- Restrict immigrants’ already-limited access to hunger and healthcare programs, including U.S. citizens and individuals who hold legal immigration status and pay taxes to support these social service programs.
The ELCA social policy resolution "Toward Just, Compassionate, and Humane Immigration Reform" states that “hospitality for the uprooted is a way to live out the biblical call to love the neighbor in response to God’s love in Jesus Christ." This hospitality does not just help the vulnerable, it benefits the entire community.
Note: For more detailed information on the Bill, see a section by section summary of “Immigration and Law Enforcement Matters” and the similar House bill language pertaining to immigration provisions.
[Posted: 6/18/2025]
