Welcome Advocacy Corps! This year you will be working to organize your local communities to advocate for justice, not chaos, in our immigration system. Below are some of the most important documents and forms you will need throughout your ten-month program.
Understanding What’s Happening on Immigration
In the following sections you can find policy resources and a step-by-step guide to making a lobby visit happen. Ten months is a long time, and it’s helpful to have a refresher on the basic skills we learned in our August training.
How do Quakers think about migration?
- Quaker Statement on Migration
- Quaker Bodies’ Statements on Migration
- We Seek a Just Immigration System
- Quakers and Sensitive Locations
- Quaker Walk for Migration
Immigration Enforcement
- The Historical Context of Mass Detention/Deportation
- Anti-Immigrant Provisions in OBBB Explainer (NILC)
- OBBB Rising Costs for Families Over Time
- Alien Enemies Act Explainer Video
- Alien Enemies Act Explainer blog post
- Insurrection Act and Migration
- Deployment of Troops to LA
Asylum and Refugees
- 101 on different humanitarian pathways
- Who Are Forcibly Displaced People?
- 5 Asylum Myths
- A personal reflection on the refugee experience
Affirmative Protections
- Humane Solutions
- Migration Management Solutions instead of Detention
- Shelter and Services Program Explainer video
- Four Part Social Media Series SSP and Case Management: Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, Week 4
Resources
Useful Background
Compelling reads, podcasts, documentaries
Books
• Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen by Jose Antonio Vargas
• Solito: A Memoir by Javier Zamora
• The Ungrateful Refugee by Dina Nayeri
• 21-Must Read Books About Immigration
Podcasts
- Immigrantly
- This Week in Immigration Bipartisan Policy Center
- Indefensible
- AFSC + Author/Journalist Jonathan Blitzer
Documentaries/Films
- Separated - Errol Morris
- The Swimmers - Sally El Hosaini
- The Trek: A Migrant Trail to America | The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper- six part series, with the first here
- The Infiltrator
Congressional Staff Look Up
How do I prepare for a lobby visit?
1. Watch this 30 minute video training video from our national field organizer!
2. Read over this leave-behind. This document has the basic information on our ask for Congress.
3. Write your story! You can use this storytelling worksheet as a guide.
Find an example story here. Although this example is for another issue, you can hear the general structure and framing of a story.
4. Find contact information for the staffer you’d like to meet with, and send an email requesting a visit by telephone or video conference.
5. Make sure you’re caught up on basic background information related to this issue (See resources above.)
6. Structure your lobby visit with this roadmap.
Watch an example lobby visit here. Although this example is for another issue, you can hear the general structure and flow of a visit.
What Should I Do After My Lobby Visit?
1. Fill out the lobby report-back form. You can watch this video for more information about how to fill out the form.
2. Send a follow-up email to the staffer you met with.
2. Have any constituents that lobbied for the first time fill out this form.

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