On the Latest Passage of the U.S. Budget Bill

The Secretariat of Relations has undertaken a rapid assessment of the newly-passed “Big, Beautiful Bill.” Our preliminary analysis makes plain what many on the ground already feel: an alarming spectrum of communities—immigrant families, queer and trans people, religious minorities, working-class neighborhoods, and rural collectives alike—now face heightened social and economic burden.

Yet the darker the policy landscape grows, the brighter our obligation to one another becomes. No law or statute, however sweeping, can extinguish the power of solidarity forged across color, culture, or creed.

We therefore:

1. Call upon local and international partners to redouble mutual-aid networks that address food security, housing stability, and legal defense.

2. Urge faith and cultural institutions to keep their doors open as safe harbors for those newly targeted.

3. Invite every resident and ally to turn compassion into concrete action, whether by volunteering time, sharing resources, or amplifying marginalized voices.

History teaches that communities who stand together write their own future. Let us write one defined not by the fear this bill intends to sow, but by the collective courage with which we sow justice.