Resolves of the Executive Council

Resolved, That the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church, meeting Linthicum Heights, Maryland, January 22-14, 2018, declares reprehensible the widespread racist and unjust treatment of immigrants that has become a convenient theme of current political discourse; and be it further

Resolved, That the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church affirms the following propositions regarding aliens and immigrants in our country:

1. Just reception and hospitable treatment of the stranger and alien in our midst is a faith-based component of baptismal living.
2. Undocumented aliens should have reasonable opportunity to pursue permanent residency.
3. Close family members should be allowed to reunite without undue delay with individuals lawfully present in the United States.
4. Fundamental U.S. principles of legal due process should be granted all persons; and be it further

Resolved, That the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church deplores any action by the Government of the United States which unduly emphasizes militarization of the border between the United States and Mexico as the primary response to immigrants entering the United States to work; and be it further

Resolved, That the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church supports the goals of expanded immigration relief for youth as outlined in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA); and be it further

Resolved, That the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church advocates through education, communication, and representation before legislative authorities the continuation of Temporary Protective Status (TPS) for all persons fleeing to or currently resident in the US seeking refuge from violence, environmental disaster, economic devastation, or cultural abuse or other forms of abuse; and be it further

Resolved, That the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church advocates for congressional consideration and implementation of comprehensive immigration reform which will allow millions of undocumented immigrants who have established roots in the United States and are often parents and spouses of U.S. Citizens to have a pathway to legalization and to full social and economic integration into the United States.