Check out the graphics, sample tweets and sample Facebook post to help spread the word and encourage action to support refugee resettlement. For more, see this statement from Episcopal Migration Ministries. Make sure you’ve taken action yourself by writing Congress with our Action Alert.
Sample tweets to call for action on refugee resettlement. Copy and paste these into your Twitter feed now:
- America stands for welcome. Banning refugees is not who we are or what we stand for. Take action and write Congress today. http://bit.ly/EMMAction #SaveRefugeeResettlement #RefugeesWelcome @emmrefugees @theeppn
- Shutting down the refugee resettlement program means ending a historically bipartisan program and a form of humanitarian relief. Take action: http://bit.ly/EMMAction #SaveRefugeeResettlement #RefugeesWelcome @emmrefugees @theeppn
- Lives are on the line if the administration shuts down the resettlement program. Take Action: http://bit.ly/EMMAction #SaveRefugeeResettlement #RefugeesWelcome @emmrefugees @theeppn
- Setting the refugee admissions number at zero means tearing down the infrastructure to resettle refugees that is decades in the making. Recovering from this will not be a simple task. http://bit.ly/EMMAction #SaveRefugeeResettlement #RefugeesWelcome @emmrefugees @theeppn
- Refugee resettlement is a legal means of immigration and the most vetted of any pathway, yet the Trump Administration is proposing to end it. Take action: http://bit.ly/EMMAction #SaveRefugeeResettlement #RefugeesWelcome @emmrefugees @theeppn
- Reps & Dems have strongly supported refugee resettlement, with Rep pres admins setting higher caps on resettlement than Dem pres admins. Speak out in support of this program: http://bit.ly/EMMAction #RefugeesWelcome @emmrefugees @theeppn
Sample Facebook post. Copy and past this to your Facebook page now, and add your own personal story about refugee resettlement to your post!
Shutting down the refugee resettlement program means ending a historically bipartisan program and a form of humanitarian relief. Speak out in support of this program today! Banning refugees is not who we are or what we stand for, and lives are on the line if the administration shuts down the resettlement program. It’s a legal means of immigration and the most vetted of any pathway, yet the Trump Administration is proposing to end it. Speak out in support of refugee resettlement with me now. http://bit.ly/EMMAction #EpiscopalAdvocacy
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