Coalition of Faith Leaders Come Together to Sign Letter Opposing “Big Beautiful Bill”

Cardinal Robert Walter McElroy, Archbishop of Washington, is among the signatories of the letter.

A coalition of faith leaders, from Catholic bishops to Evangelical leaders and Rabbis, have linked arms to oppose the Senate’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” signing a letter stating the bill is a “moral failure for American society” because it would harm the poor, tear apart immigrant families, and erode the common good.

Faith Leaders are concerned with how the bill will impact families. HR1 Proposes:  

• Deep cuts to family support programs— The bill slashes the Child Tax Credit, Medicaid, and SNAP, programs NaLEC calls “pro-family policies” that let parents raise their children with dignity. These cuts could push millions of low-income families, many of them legal residents or citizens, off health coverage and food assistance. 

• Increase in funding to tear apart families— It pours billions into 10,000 new ICE agents and 100,000 detention beds, tearing apart  long-settled, taxpaying families.

• Funding for aggressive enforcement tactics— Funding enforcement of “heavy tactics that split up law-abiding families” while ignoring bipartisan fixes for the immigration system. 

Interfaith Leaders Stand Together

Their unified stand, articulated by signatories ranging from Cardinal Robert W. McElroy to Imam Jamal Rahman and Rabbi Daniel Weiner, embodies a higher calling that transcends doctrine: safeguarding the dignity of every person made in God’s image. This interfaith alliance proves that when the vulnerable are at risk, the people of faith will speak with one prophetic voice.

“Any bill that makes it harder for parents to feed their kids, take them to the doctor, or keep their families together has failed the moral test,” said Michael Vazquez of The Maiden Group, which organized the letter. NaLEC President Rev. Gabriel Salguero stresses that pro-life conviction extends beyond the womb: “Protecting mamas and babies means safeguarding their dignity after birth—through health care, nutrition, and keeping families intact.”

The signers are inviting others to join them in prayer at nalecprayer.org.