To the Deputies and Bishops of the Episcopal Church Assembled at the 81st General Convention:

The Diocese of Washington petitions the 81st General Convention of the Episcopal Church that, inasmuch as all people are created in the image of God (imago Dei), the Church advocate for “Migration with Dignity,” a set of immigration principles and policies that assure equal and respectful treatment of all migrant peoples without regard to status or country of origin.

Sources

McClain, Shanna, Bruch, Carl et al. “Migration With Dignity: a Legal and Policy Framework,: Journal of Disaster Research,  Vol. 17, No.3, (2022).

Respectfully submitted,

The Episcopal Diocese of Washington.  Voted and affirmed at the January 2024 diocesan convention.