A Joint Letter from Religious and Spiritual Life

Dear Students, Faculty, Staff and Administrators: We write to you in a time of public divisiveness and fear. The recent Executive Order on Immigration has been confusing at best, and in many cases, painful. We are troubled by the recent discriminatory action directed at immigrants and refugees into this country from seven predominately Muslim nations and alarmed that communities seeking to shelter individuals fleeing harm could be penalized. This policy is antithetical to Amherst College’s prof