March 22, 2018
President Donald J. Trump
1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, D.C. 20500
RE: Request to Extend Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) for Liberia for a Minimum of 18 Months
Dear President Trump:
On behalf of the 120 undersigned national, state, and local faith-based organizations, as well as 509 faith leaders from across traditions, we respectfully request that you extend Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) for Liberia for at least an additional 18 months. Our call stems from our shared values rooted in our sacred texts to love our neighbor and welcome the stranger, the sojourner among us. As Leviticus 19:33-34 reminds us: “Any immigrant who lives with you must be treated as if they were one of your citizens. You must love them as yourself, because you were immigrants in the land of Egypt; I am the LORD your God.”
The current 18-month grant of DED for approximately 4,000 Liberian DED holders will expire on March 31, 2018. As we approach the March 31st deadline to decide whether to extend Liberia’s DED designation, we call on you to recognize the profound impact DED has on the lives of recipients, protecting them from Liberia’s unsafe country conditions. Liberians currently in the United States with DED have been legally living and working in this country for more than a decade, and to allow DED to expire would undoubtedly force children to separate from their parents, or spouses to separate from one another. We must extend Liberian DED for at least 18 months. Failure to do so would go against important foreign policy considerations, hindering Liberia’s progress as it struggles to recover from an Ebola outbreak that shocked the world.
Since 1991, Liberia has been continuously designated for either TPS or DED, due to unsafe country conditions preventing Liberians from safely returning. In 2007, President Bush directed that DED be granted to Liberian TPS holders, allowing them to remain in the United States for 18 months. Since then, DED for Liberia has been extended by all subsequent administrations – Democrat and Republican alike. Most recently, in 2016, the Obama administration extended DED for Liberia for an additional 18 months, after it suffered from an Ebola outbreak that began in Guinea and devastated Liberia as well. The epidemic killed 11,000 people in the span of two years. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that in addition to the many Ebola-related casualties, fuel and food shortages have made relief efforts extremely difficult. Access to medical care has also been an obstacle to recovery, as a malaria outbreak followed the Ebola epidemic, leaving medical facilities with depleted resources to treat an overwhelming number of patients.
Liberia remains unable to welcome the safe return of nearly 4,000 Liberians as recovery from the public health and infrastructure crises has been slow. We must respond by upholding our promises to the Liberian people and by allowing our Liberian brothers and sisters to remain here in the United States. As faith leaders and members of faith-based organizations across the country, we urge you to join us in standing shoulder-to-shoulder with our Liberian neighbors, and to extend DED.
We pray you have compassion in your discernment process and extend Liberian DED for a minimum of 18 months. Thank you for your consideration of this request. If you have any questions, please contact Jill Marie Bussey at jbussey@cliniclegal.org or 301-565-4844 or Meredith Owen at mowen@cwsglobal.org.
Sincerely,
Faith-Based Organizations
A Sister in Christ
Adrain Dominican Sisters Immigration Assistance
African American Ministers In Action
African Contemporary Worship
All Nations SDA church
Altar of Fire and Glory Ministry
Association of Evangelicals of Liberia
Association of Refuge Members in America
Black Ministers Association of York County, Pa.
Badebleh, Inc – Lifting Up Liberia
BCC Assembly of God Church
Bethany Christian Services
Bethel World Outreach Church, MN
Bong Kukatornor Association of Rhode Island
Brookdale Christian Center
Brooklyn Lutheran Church
Calvary Evangelical Prayer Line
Calvary Baptist Church
Catholic Legal Immigration Network
Catholic Social Services
Christ Triumphant Outreach Ministries
Christ United Christ, Inc
Christians United for Israel
Church of Jesus Christ
Church of the Living God
Church Women United in New York State
Church World Service
Coalition of Liberians on DED (COLD)
Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd
Conquerors Christian Center
Convent Avenue Baptist Church
Cottonwood Creek Baptist Church
Courageous Sisters of Minnesota
Daughters of Zion/ TV Ministry
DC-Maryland Justice for Our Neighbors
Disciples of Christ Refugee & Immigration Ministries
Dock Workers Union of Liberia
Dunamis Praise Chapel International
Ebenezer Community Church of Bloomington
Ebenezer Community Church, Brooklyn Park
Emmanuel Praise Ministries
Episcopal Church
Evangel Life Church
Evelyn Marsh Ministries
Faith Chapel Evangelistic Ministries
Faith Chapel International Ministries
Faith Immanuel Lutheran Church
Faith in Public Life
First Baptist Church Richmond VA
Fountain Baptist Church
Franciscan Action Network
Franciscan Peace Center
Gates of Heaven Mid-Day Prayer Chapel, Inc.
Global Revival Missions
Greater Praise Ministries
Harvest Life Church
Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters, USA-JPIC
Interfaith Community of Greater Richmond
Interfaith Movement for Immigrant Justice
International Mission Board
Jesuit Social Research Institute
Joint Christian Choir Association
Lean On Me (LOME)
Liberia Community Immigration Committee
Liberian Association of Indiana
Liberian Catholic Organization
Liberian Community Advocacy Union Of RI/US
Liberian Community Advocacy DC
Liberian Community Organization
Life Connect Ministries International, Inc
Living Word Christian Center
LUCHA Ministries, Inc.
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service
Meetee Children Assistance Program
Mount Grace Convent
NALAA
National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd
National Council of Churches
New Destiny Fellowship of Churches International
New Life Ministries Church of God
North Carolina Council of Churches
Office of Social Justice, Christian Reformed Church in North America
Organization of Liberian Women in Minnesota
Organization of Liberians in Minnesota
Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church
Our Lady Queen of the Universe Knights of Columbus
People Christian Church
Philadelphia Christian Center
Pilgrim Christian Center
Provincial Council Clerics of St. Viator
Refuge International Ministries
Revival of Hope Ministries
Richmond’s First Baptist Church
River of Life
River of Life Open Bible
School Sisters of Notre Dame, Central Pacific Province
Shepherd’s House Ministries
Sisters of Mercy of the Americas – Institute Justice Team
Sisters of St. Francis, Clinton, Iowa
Sisters of St. Joseph of Rochester Justice Office
Sisters and Brothers of Immigrants, Inc.
Solid rock ministry of Edmonton Alberta
Sons and daughters of Kakata, Margibi county Liberia
Spiritual Life Church
St. Andrews Episcopal Church
The Emmaus Faith Community of Sonoma County
The Episcopal Church in Minnesota
The House of Grace Dorcas Ministries International
The International End Time Revival Ministries
The Oregon Hill Baptist Center
Thy Word Worship Center
Tim and Renee Burt Ministries
Trinity Pray Ministry
Union Baptist Church
United Christian Fellowship Church
United Church of Christ, Justice and Witness Ministries
United Methodist Church
United Methodist Church of Good Shepherd
World Wide Reaping Ministries, Inc.
Zion House of Praise
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Pastor Johnny Russell, Ebenezer Community Church
Rev John Saah, Faith Chapel Evangelistic Ministries
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Rev. Rebekah Sayon
President/Founder Lic. Sylvester Harris, Children for Christ Ministries International
Pastor Isaac Ayiteh Okai Abi Sayon, United Christian Fellowship Church
Rev. Emmanuel Freeman
Rev Henry Dolopei, Brooklyn United Methodist Church
Deacon James Whear, Mount Zion Inter-denominational Ministries, Inc.
Supreme DO Knight Of St. John Walter Togba, St. Alphonsus Catholic Church
Minister David Cooke, Jesus’s Ministries International
Pastor Mark Cecil Bropleh, Brooklyn Evangelical Church
Pastor Moses Punni, Miracle Redemption Christian Church
Rev. Joe Logan, Alleluia Sanctuary church
Pastor Lynnette Gibson, Tabernacle of Prayer and Freedom
Rev. Earlyn Manlay, Bethel world outreach Church Robbinsdale
Bishop Eli Chebo, Hope Tabernacle Free Pentecostal Church
Minister Olivia Jassah Jackson Seward, Community
Member Mulbah Battaforyen, Faith Chapel Evangelistic Ministry
Rev. Randolph Cooper, Garden of Gethsemane Ministries
Pastor Stephen Cole Tenneh Dunbar, Christ triumph outreach ministry
Rev. Daniel D Goba, Ebenezer Community Church of Bloomington
Dr. Tom Gwagee, Episcopal Church
Minister Teah Neepaye , Conqueror Christian Center
Rev. Kingsley Ayesu, CCC
Mother Doris Browne Doris Browne , Greater Praise Church
Pastor Frederick Q. Dixon, Ebenezer Community Church
Pastor Marie Koffa, Bethel World Outreach Church
Dr. David Wedekind
Ms. Amy Long, Redeemer Covenant Church
Rev. Arthur Mathis Cooper, Pilgrim Christian Center
Rev. Seth Lindberg, Redeemer Covenant Church
Evang Victoria Weah, Catholic church
Mt. Ruth Whiangar, Ebenezer Community Church
Executive Director, Daughters for Zion Deborah Campbell, Living Word Christian Center
Rev Tuakah Whiangar, Ebenezer Community Church
Senior Pastor Anita Williams, Emmanuel Praise Ministries
Pastor David Hauer, The House Church
Rev. Bernard Bouissieres, Brookdale Christian Center
Presiding Bishop Christian J Marsh ii, The International End Time Revival Ministries
The Rev. Lisa White Smith, Church of the Epiphany
Rev.table Bunchie Bright, Ebenezer community church
Mr. David Scherer, Luther Seminary
Pastor Christine Tabla, Ebenezer Community Church
Rev. Stanley Weese, North Center Baptist Church
Evangelist Agatha Kaffey , The International End time Revival Ministry
The Rev. Charles Nelson, Church of the Epiphany, Episcopal
Pastor Moses Muhlenburg, Dominion Praise Church
Deacon Annie Yonly, Bethel Robbinsdale
Minister Augustus Davies, Judah Fire Ministries International
Francis Tabla Christiana Hannah Gandah, Ebeneza church
Pastor Veronica Lewis-Barr, Meeting at Elim Ministries
Rev. Judith Hoover Judy Hoover, Church of the Epiphany, Plymouth, MN
Dr. Judy Fornara Yonnie Brooks, Spiritual Life Church
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Rev. Nate Melcher, Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church
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Rev. Napoleón Meynard, Bethel Spanish Church
Minister Alvin B. Freeman, Greater praise Miniseries
Rev Lawrence Hayes, Thanks
Minister Nathan Seward, Lic. Nathan Seward
Rev. Brian Doten, Northwood Church
Pastor Thomas K. Freeman Sr., Paradise Church International Ministries
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Rev. Dr. Francis Tabla Robert Smythe, Ebenezer Community Church
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Mississippi
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Missouri
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United Methodist Certified Lay Minister Brian Montgomery, Clifton United Methodist Church
Rev. David Meredith, Clifton United Methodist Church
Sr. Sheila Marie Tobbe, Ursuline Sr. s of Cleveland
Rev. Dr. Suzanne Allen, United Methodist
Ms. Anne Tapia, Clifton United Methodist Church
United States Linda Young, Clifton UMC
Prophet Elijah Wreh, Anointed Church of Jesus Christ
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Rev. Alexander Y Sumo, AILM Lutheran Mission
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Oklahoma
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Oregon
President, Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon Jan Elfers, St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church
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Rev. Dr. Esthella Baker, Resurrection Power Ministry
Rev Lynette Marbey, Darcee Women Ministry
Pastor Diapaye Toe, New Life Ministries Church of God
Rev. William Kerney, Covenant Family Ministries
Rev. Julius Oghogho, Abundant Life Christian Ministries
Rev. Michael Jefferson, Bible Tabernacle Christian Center
Rev. Ramona Kinard, Wheatfield CLG
Evangelist Sundayway Kamara, Freedom worship center
Pastor Esther Gaye, House of Wisdom-CHRIDA
Rev Ada Richardson, Bible Tabernacle Christian Center
Rhode Island
Rev. Dr. Tom Wiles,