The Faith & Freedom Coalition is becoming a member of the refrain of nationwide outrage over the immigration coverage of separating households illegally crossing the border.
The group's founder and chairman, Ralph Reed, known as out members of Congress in a letter Tuesday, urging them to change a coverage he views as "immoral and illegal."
"The separation of families illegally crossing the border is heartbreaking and tragic, part of the larger tragedy of a broken immigration system that does not reflect our values or our faith," acknowledged Reed. "We urge Congress to act now to end the separation of children from parents at the border, reunite families legally entering the country, and secure the border."
We urge Congress to act now to finish the separation of youngsters from mother and father at the border, reunite households legally coming into the nation, and safe the border. More from Faith & Freedom Chairman @RalphReed: https://t.co/p8Jw9NCW21 pic.twitter.com/VCPTG1qyAj
— Faith & Freedom (@FaithandFreedom) June 19, 2018
Instead, lawmakers are being urged to move the Securing America’s Future Act, launched by House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA).
"This bill funds the border wall and secures ports of entry along the southern border. It also increases boots on the ground," the Virginia lawmaker famous.
He also stated that it additionally limits immigrants from bringing relations into the United States sooner or later and places an finish to the inexperienced card lottery system, Agence France-Presse stories.
Meanwhile, Reed is looking the laws a "common-sense" method to the border debacle.
"Both the Securing America's Future Act and the compromise bill are common-sense and compassionate approaches to shielding children illegally brought to our country through no fault of their own while taking meaningful steps to ensure nobody finds themselves in the same situation in the future," Reed mentioned.
"It prioritizes and supports the intact nuclear family. It effectively secures our borders to help prevent future illegal immigration and stop drug and human trafficking. It also provides a path forward for modernizing our broken immigration system so it can be more merit-based and reflective of the changing economic and labor needs of our nation," he concluded.
Read the letter from the Faith & Freedom Coalition HERE.