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The Protecting Immigrant Families Coalition is powered by more than 800 member organizations in over 44 states. We unite leaders on immigrant rights, health, food security, affordable housing, economic opportunity, reproductive justice, and dozens of other issues to fight for a more prosperous, more inclusive, and better country.

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Benefits of Coalition Membership

A national network with allies in your state PIF coalition members are part of a nationwide community of hundreds of organizations with shared priorities. Our member directory makes it easy to network with organizations in the same state and organizations working in similar fields.
Working groups PIF Coalition working groups provide a forum for members to collaborate based on areas of shared expertise or interest. Current groups include Communications, Community Education, Federal advocacy, Policy and Legal Analysis, Research and State Policy.
Collective action Working together, PIF members make a bigger impact, driving real change for millions in immigrant families.
Trusted resources Access member-only toolkits, messaging guides, and multilingual materials you can adapt and share. Member-only mailing lists provide clear and timely updates directly to you.
Capacity building Member-only webinars, grant opportunities, and trainings. Get shared best practices for your staff and community.

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Review our membership principles

PIF Coalition members are united by 10 foundational principles. Read these brief but essential principles, discuss them with your colleagues, and confirm that your organization can agree to the principles.

Complete a membership application

Complete this short application with basic information about your organization and your interest in joining the PIF Coalition. Our staff will review your application and reach out with next steps within one week.

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There are no fees or ongoing requirements to be an active member – though we encourage you to participate in one of our many working groups. If you're not ready to join but would like to stay in touch, sign up for our newsletter.

What our coalition members are saying

"Nowhere else in NYC have we seen any information similar to PIF's and which is targeted to French-speaking immigrants. As such, the impact of this information's dissemination has been very important and highly valued."

African Services Committee (NYC)
"With support from PIF ... COPAL's legislative engagement with community members led to a powerful presence at the Capitol, which helped to secure critical legislative wins for immigrant families in Minnesota, securing driver's licenses for all, access to affordable healthcare, and increased support for ITIN users."

COPAL (MN), National Partner
"Through collaboration and partnerships with values-driven PIF members across the country, we are moving closer to ensuring that immigration status is no longer a barrier to healthcare access."

Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (IL)

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PIF Coalition Foundational Principles

Review PIF Coalition's foundational principles before applying. You can download a copy of these principles to share with others in your organization for approval.

We believe all people - no matter their socioeconomic or immigration status - are valuable and critical to U.S. success.
As a matter of basic human dignity and our shared national interest, we believe that all children, youth and adults should have access to supports that help them meet their basic needs and promote positive development at times in their lives when they need them.
Our focus is on partnering with immigrants' and their families' to facilitate access to these supports. By access we mean the ability to enroll, utilize, and retain services without fear. When we refer to immigrants we mean all those who are foreign born (including refugees and asylees). While our focus is on immigrants, we believe that ALL those who reside in the U.S. deserve to have access to the benefits they need so that families are able to thrive.
Individual organizations will be invited to take positions on policy, legislation and public statements. Each organization can sign on and lend their name, or opt out to PIF statements on positions. The PIF Director may decide to sign-on to letters or statements on behalf of PIF, as an entity, but not as PIF Coalition. PIF will sign-on to letters and statements that directly reflect the values of PIF and do not conflict with the aligned priorities of its member organizations.
PIF Coalition strategies and the partners' deliberations are to be kept confidential, and final decisions will be kept confidential until there is an agreement to share the decision publicly.
Active members will raise their disagreement openly within the confidentiality of the Coalition, be transparent about divergent strategies, and take no action that directly undermines or sabotages the Coalition.
Active Members agree to use the Coalition's top line guidance on messaging (as developed together), and to share relevant information (to the degree possible). When this is not possible, we will communicate with the full group clearly about why and we agree not to act in ways that publicly harm the Coalition's messaging.
We seek to coordinate with other related structures/coalitions/campaigns.
The Coalition will seek to raise money. Decisions on how to spend campaign resources will be made by the PIF Director in consultation with the Executive Committee and Steering Committee by assessing the impact on the strategy and exploring if there is a critical mass of groups who have enough influence, capacity, and commitment to do the work and are prepared to take action together.
Members are encouraged to fundraise to support their PIF related campaign work if they choose. If members are fundraising specifically to support PIF campaign activities, they will inform the Steering Committee/PIF Director about which funders they are asking, and the results, so fundraising strategy can be coordinated.