Resolved, That The Episcopal Church oppose the use of identity checks for the purpose of determining immigration status.
General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Indianapolis, 2012 (New York: General Convention, 2012), p. 321.
The House of Deputies Committee on National and International Concerns presented its Report #39 on Resolution D059 (Halt Unjust Immigration Enforcement) and moved adoption of a substitute.
Resolved, That The Episcopal Church work against racial profiling or using race as a reason for law enforcement to question one's immigration status.
Deputy Laughlin of Pennsylvania moved the previous question.
A vote was taken on the substitute resolution.
The House of Bishops Committee on National and International Concerns presented its Report #35 on HD Message #244 on Resolution D059 (Halt Unjust Immigration Enforcement) and moved concurrence.
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 12.
The 77th General Convention calls for halting the U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement's Secure Communities program and decries the use of racial profiling to question immigration status.