March 16, 2011

MPAC-NYC joined more than 50 members of Muslim and Jewish young leadership groups in New York City at the Islamic Cultural Center of New York (ICCNY) for the “Building Interfaith Coalitions for Interfaith Advocacy” forum.

Co-sponsored by MPAC-NYC, Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, ICCNY and Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, the forum stressed the importance of working together to push forward immigration reform despite opposition in today’s political climate. The panel, which featured MPAC-NYC board member Naveen Bhora, FFEU President Rabbi Marc Schneier; ICCNY spiritual leader Imam Shamsi Ali and President and CEO of HIAS Gideon Aronoff, discussed America’s failure to pass comprehensive immigration reform.

Concerned for the security and integrity of our country, last November, MPAC published “Ineffective & Unjust: Fixing Our Nation’s Broken Immigration System,” a Muslim American faith-based policy contribution to the national discourse on immigration reform. Our goal is to provide a voice of moral pragmatism.

MPAC approaches the immigration challenge with a comprehensive set of solutions addressing the root causes of our broken system. In particular we focus on three of the most pressing aspects of immigration reform:

1. Reforming the legal immigration system 
2. Earned Legalization of undocumented individuals and 
3. Developing effective immigration enforcement 

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Marium F. Mohiuddin (marium@mpac.org)
Communications Coordinator