Urgent Needs and Advocacy

Wake Interfaith Immigration Network advocates for both long-term changes to our immigration system and right-now, tangible support for our immigrant neighbors. Selected timely cases and concerns are listed below, along with suggested ways to support these members of our community.

Current Concerns

October 2: Protect the Freedom to Vote
Support the Dream and Promise Act

Protect the Freedom to Vote Friday October 2 | 9:00-10:00am Wake County Board of Elections 1200 New Hope Road, Raleigh, 27610 Sponsored by Make NC Work and Siembra NC

One month before Election Day, we’re gathering clergy and people of faith, students, workers and others concerned about voting for a letter delivery and press conference directed towards members of the local boards of election, who have unprecedented authority to limit whose votes are counted. We’ll deliver a letter signed by clergy in each county, and we’ll ask them to honor their commitments to count every vote and certify the results. Why is this important? Recent decisions by the State Board of Elections have given local county boards increased latitude to reject reasonable-impediment voter ID ballots by simple majority, challenge absentee ballots over minor envelope irregularities, and use databases that risk wrongly flagging eligible citizens. Because local boards now hold significantly more power to determine whose vote counts, it is critical that we show up to hold election administrators accountable to their core duty: enabling every eligible voter to cast their ballot and ensuring every result is certified fairly. More details

Support the Dream and Promise Act

Since 2012, DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) has provided access to work authorization and protection from deportation for individuals who were brought to the US as children. The initiative has provided critical protections for hundreds of thousands of its beneficiaries while receiving overwhelming public support. However, since 2025, the administration has detained and deported over 260 DACA recipients, in addition to pursuing several strategies to dismantle the long-standing policy through the federal courts. A recently introduced bill, the Dream and Promise Act, would protect Dreamers and ensure the continuation of DACA. More information is can be found here. WIIN member Ann Robertson notes that the bill has been supported by Representatives Deborah Ross, Valerie Foushee, and Alma Adams and suggests that people contact Congressman Don Davis to urge him to also support the bill.