National Latino Evangelical Coalition

Today, the National Latino Evangelical Coalition (NaLEC), alongside a broad multiracial coalition of evangelical pastors and leaders representing tens of thousands of Christians across the country, called on the Trump Administration to extend or redesignate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for El Salvador and Haiti. For churches and communities across the nation, TPS is not simply a policy conversation. It directly affects families, children, churches, workplaces, and communities who are...

We are deeply disturbed by the death of Mr. Joan Sebastian Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine. This tragic loss of life comes less than one week after the death of Mr. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston, Texas, both at the hands of ICE enforcement officials.

The National Latino Evangelical Coalition (NaLEC) welcomes today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision affirming the constitutional principle of birthright citizenship as guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment. This affirmation upholds a foundational promise that has shaped our nation for generations: that every child born on American soil is entitled to equal protection under the law, regardless of the circumstances of their birth. As a coalition representing thousands of Latino evangelical churches...