www.welcometheimmigrant.org

The North Carolina Religious Coalition for Justice for Immigrants is a statewide interfaith effort whose purpose is to provide a religious voice for welcoming immigrants.  The Coalition continues to ask people of faith to sign onto a statement welcoming immigrants.  The website contains numerous resources, denominational statements, legislative updates, and more information. 

 

http://www.nccouncilofchurches.org/programs/immigrant-rights/

The North Carolina Council of Churches webpage on immigration issues offers helpful resources for people of faith, including links to policy statements.

 

www.iwj.org

Interfaith Worker Justice is an organization that calls upon our religious values in order to educate, organize, and mobilize the religious community in the U.S. on issues and campaigns that will improve wages, benefits, and working conditions for workers, especially low-wage workers.  Contains useful information on workers who are largely underpaid immigrants.

 

www.elpueblo.org

El Pueblo, Inc. isa North Carolina non-profit statewide advocacy and public policy organization dedicated to strengthening the Latino Community.  This mission is accomplished through leadership development, proactive and direct advocacy, education, and promotion of cross-cultural understanding in partnerships at the local, state, and national levels.

 

www.nilc.org

The National Immigration Law Center is a national support center whose mission is to protect and promote the rights and opportunities of low-income immigrants and their family members.  NILC staff specializes in immigration law, and the employment and public benefits rights of immigrants.  NILC conducts policy analysis and impact litigation and provides publications, technical advice, and trainings to a broad constituency of legal aid agencies, community groups, and pro bono attorneys.

 

 www.nnirr.org

National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights is a national organization composed of local coalitions and immigrant, refugee, community, religious, civil rights and labor organizations and activists.  NNIRR works to promote a just immigration and refugee policy in the United States and to defend and expand the rights of all immigrants and refugees, regardless of immigration status.  Contains useful resources and statistics on immigration.