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It has been over a half a year since we all signed the Covenant with one another to welcome New York’s Newest New Yorkers. We’re reaching out today with an advocacy opportunity to help new New Yorkers work. Please join us in asking President Biden and Secretary of Homeland Security Mayorkas to designate Temporary Protected Status for individuals from Guinea, Senegal, and Mauritania. There has never been a more important time to grant our newest neighbors the right to work, support themselves, and contribute to the community. We welcome signatures from faith communities, organizations, and individuals. Add your name here to the below letter: ****************************** Dear President Biden & Secretary Mayorkas, As Faith and Civic Leaders across New York City & State, we are writing to ask you to designate Temporary Protected Status for Guinea, Senegal, and Mauritania. As the three states where the largest number of West African Asylum seekers originate from—15% out of total NYC census 64,218 individuals as of 3/25/24 according to data from the City—TPS is the single greatest need of asylum seekers and the Houses of Worship that support them. The asylum seekers in the United States from Guinea, Senegal, and Mauritania have been forced to flee political, social, and economic situations that warrant Temporary Protected Status. In Mauritania, slavery was criminalized in only 2007 and an estimated 340,000 to 680,000 Mauritanians are still enslaved.1 In Guinea, sexual violence, genital mutilation, and forced marriage are exceedingly common and directly connected to a militarized police force in Senegal, the country faces a 40-year insurgency in the Casamance region that continues to endanger and displace people. (Click here to read the entire letter and to sign-on).” |
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