Hockessin Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, in the State of Delaware, assembled on Third month 2nd day, 2025, in meeting for worship with attention to business, affirms its support for the lawsuit that Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and other yearly and monthly meetings have filed against the Department of Homeland Security. [Read more…] about Hockessin Friends Support Lawsuit Challenging Dept. of Homeland Security
Minutes
Minute of Support from Greenwich Friends Meeting (Greenwich, New Jersey)
At a called Meeting for Business, Greenwich Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends minuted support for Philadelphia Yearly Meeting’s recent corporate request to block the DHS federal policy that allows immigration enforcement officials to enter houses of worship.
Greenwich Friends Meeting
Feb. 19, 2025
We fully endorse Philadelphia Yearly Meeting’s lawsuit asking the court to declare unconstitutional any policy permitting government agents to carry out immigration enforcement activities inside or on the grounds of houses of worship. This step was taken to ensure we can freely exercise core Quaker values of peace, equity, and social justice.
We hold in the Light those individuals who are actively moving this lawsuit forward to affirm long-held Quaker principles.
Greenwich Friends Meeting
Minute of Support from Richland Monthly Meeting
Minute of Support Recorded on February 9, 2025
Richland Monthly Meeting would like to add its support for the lawsuit that Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends, along with other yearly meetings and individual meetings, has filed against the Department of Homeland Security regarding the possible placement of agents of enforcement in houses of worship. Our Meeting agrees that this kind of activity disrupts worship, instills fear, and is unconstitutional. It is heartening to know that Friends are willing to stand up for their beliefs, as this lawsuit indicates.
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Minute of Support from Middletown Monthly Meeting (Lima, PA)
Review of the PYM & other Quaker organizations suit against Department of Homeland Security
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Message from St. John’s Worship Group, Newfoundland and Labrador
Dear Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, Baltimore Yearly Meeting, New England Yearly Meeting, Adelphi Friends Meeting & Richmond Friends Meeting,
We are from St. John’s Quaker Friends Worship Group, a meeting in Newfoundland & Labrador that was formed in the late 1970’s. Some of our members are from the United States, many of us have family and other ties there, and our convener, Liz Ohle, is a member of Mount Toby Monthly Meeting, which is part of New England Yearly Meeting.
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Minute from North Shore Friends Monthly Meeting
North Shore Friends Monthly Meeting commends NEYM for their prompt action in partnering with Friends in Philadelphia and Baltimore Yearly Meetings in a lawsuit challenging new policy changes which would allow immigration enforcement in houses of worship.
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A Greeting from Northern Monthly Meeting
Dear Friends,
I am writing to you in my role as clerk of Northern Monthly Meeting, based in Auckland New Zealand.
Minute of Support from Boise Valley Friends Meeting
Boise Valley Friends Meeting Minute Regarding Support for the Lawsuit Filed by the Philadelphia, New England, and Baltimore Yearly Meetings and the Adelphi and Richmond Meetings of the Baltimore Yearly Meeting Challenging Immigration Enforcement Actions within Houses of Worship.
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Declaration of Support from Wicomico River Friends Meeting
At Meeting for Business on February 9, 2025, Wicomico River Friends Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends in Salisbury, Maryland declared its support of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting’s (PYM) lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that seeks to block government officials from entering houses of worship for their immigration enforcement actions. We affirm that PYM has acted on our behalf and we are grateful for its swift response.
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Minute of Support for PYM from London Grove Monthly Meeting
February 16, 2025 Minute of Support for PYM
London Grove Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends is in unity with the decision of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting et al. to join the lawsuit to block the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in its sudden policy shift. This shift would enable federal immigration agents to enter places of worship for their immigration enforcement actions.
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