Immigration Update: A Webinar On Birthright Citizenship

Closed Captioning in multiple languages is available. This is an edited recording of the event

Summary

In response to the recent Supreme Court decision related to Birthright Citizenship, an alliance of United Methodist general agencies, the United Methodist Council of Bishops, and partner organizations hosted a live webinar on: 

  • July 17, 2025 

  • 8:00PM Eastern Time 

Press

“What churches need to know about immigration” (By Heather Hahn, United Methodist News)

Resources

Details

The webinar focused on the latest relating to the: 

  • Impact of the Supreme Court decision related to Birthright Citizenship 

  • Tactics employed by ICE 

  • Travel ban and traveling in general 

Speakers included: 

  • Rev. Dr. Giovanni Arroyo (General Commission on Religion and Race)

  • Rev. Dr. Lydia Muñoz (El Plan for Hispanic/Latine Ministry)  

  • Alba Jaramillo and Melissa Bowe (Immigration Law and Justice Network)

  • Bishop Minerva Carcaño (United Methodist Immigration Task Force)

  • William Powell (Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection)

Live interpretation was made available in some (unfortunately, because of technical difficulties) of the following languages:

  • ASL

  • Vosa Vakaviti

  • Français

  • 한국어

  • Português  

  • Español  

  • Kiswahili  

  • faka-Tonga

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