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  • FCNL Statement for House Judiciary Committee Hearing on Central American Migration

    Statement | October 5, 2016
    Friends Committee on National Legislation’s Statement for the Record for the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, pertaining to its hearing: Another Surge of Illegal Immigrants along the Southwest Border: Is this the Obama Administration’s New Normal?

  • Statement on Climate Encyclical

    Statement | October 5, 2016
    The Friends Committee on National Legislation joins with people of all faiths who are excited and grateful at the release of Pope Francis’ encyclical “Praised Be: On the Care of our Common Home.”

  • FCNL Statement for House Homeland Security Hearing on Refugees

    Statement | October 5, 2016
    Statement of Yasmine Taeb, Legislative Representative for Human Rights and Civil Liberties, Friends Committee on National Legislation, hearing on: “Crisis of Confidence: Preventing Terrorist Infiltration Through U.S. Refugee and Visa Programs,” House Committee on Homeland Security.

  • Prisons and the President – a Historic Week

    Update | October 4, 2016
    Obama became the first sitting President to visit a federal prison

  • We Begin with Acknowledgement

    Background | October 4, 2016
    Columbus Day overlooks – even endorses – painful history, ignores the trauma still present in Native communities, and minimizes the important contributions made by indigenous peoples throughout this continent’s history.

  • Three Months After Its Introduction, We Need The Freedom Of Religion Act More Than Ever.

    FCNL in the News | October 4, 2016

    Yasmine Taeb, the Legislative Representative for Human Rights & Civil Liberties at the Friends Committee on National Legislation joined the House delegation on stage.

  • FCNL Written Statement for House Homeland Security Hearing on Refugees

    Letter | October 4, 2016

    Statement of Yasmine Taeb, Legislative Representative for Human Rights and Civil Liberties, Friends Committee on National Legislation, submitted to the hearing on: “Crisis of Confidence: Preventing Terrorist Infiltration Through U.S.

  • Sitara Nath looks to create immigration policy change with grassroots effort from The Bluff

    FCNL in the News | September 30, 2016

    “Nath spent 10 days this past summer in Washington D.C. with the nonprofit Friends Committee on National Legislation learning and beginning to lobby for immigration reform.”

  • Citizens United and Money in Politics

    Background | September 29, 2016
    The Supreme Court decisions in Federal Election Commission v. Citizens United and McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission have allowed big money to flood into elections. We may never know the full impact of these large and concentrated contributions on electoral outcomes.

  • FCNL Reacts to Leaked Drone Documents

    Statement | September 29, 2016
    FCNL calls on Congress to exercise its vital oversight role and is urging a Congressional hearing and inquiry into the U.S. lethal drones program. This is essential in order to inform the American people about the deliberate killing of Americans and non-nationals outside of declared war zones.