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Postville Community Leaders Rally Around Immigration Reform

Allison Johnson 5-14-2009

Postville, Iowa, is a powerful place. Tuesday,

hundreds of community members and people of faith from across the country gathered to pray and reflect on the traumatic events of May 12, 2008.

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New Hope in the Movement for Immigrant Rights

Jimmy McCarty 5-07-2009

This past Friday, May 1, 2009, I joined with thousands of others across the country in marching for immigrant and worker's rights.

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Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Support Wearing Thin

Connie Anderson 4-06-2009

In a stunning turnabout, some of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's firmest allies distanced themselves from his hard-line tactics when the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors voted to postpone accepting $1.6 m

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A Double Victory for Liberian Immigrants

Bailey Craft 3-24-2009

Last week, President Obama signed an executive order granting a http://www.startribune.com/local/north/41595947.html?page=1&c=y" href="https://sojo.net/%3Ca%20href%3D"http://www.startribune.com/local/north/41595947">http://www.startribune.com/local/north/41595947

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Mixed Signals on Immigration Enforcement

Jennifer Svetlik 2-26-2009

Washington, D.C., is sending mixed signals about how to enforce immigration law, and immigrants and their families are suffering the consequences.

Immigration Reform's Post-Election Potential

Glen Peterson 1-28-2009

Just a few months ago, Christian advocates of immigration reform believed that the political environment in the country would make it very difficult to make the legislative changes necessary to pro

Postville Still Suffering in the Wake of Immigration Raids

Allison Johnson 12-11-2008

Months after the largest immigration enforcement raid in history, the tiny community of Postville is still sufferin

Fasting for Immigrant Justice this Election Season

Glen Peterson 11-04-2008

Activists, evangelical Christians, and Catholic Workers have joined in a hunger strike in downtown Los Angeles to expose the plight of immigrants in the United States and to motivate 1 million peop

New Barriers Will Prevent Communion Across the Border

Laurel Mathewson 10-10-2008

This past Sunday, Oct. 5, was World Communion Sunday.

Immigration Raids Continue to Tear Communities Apart

Allison Johnson 10-09-2008

It's happened again.

Catholic Bishops Denounce Immigration Raids as Anti-Family

Jennifer Svetlik 9-15-2008

Last year I lived in a Catholic Worker house that offers hospitality to immigrants without first inquiring about their legal status. One day, a woman called the house on behalf of two young boys who had come home to an empty apartment; [...]

Court Interpreter Exposes Immigration Raid Flaws

Allison Johnson 7-15-2008

Catholic social teaching tells us the dignity of the human person is the foundation and measure of a moral society. If the U.S. were put to this test based on our treatment of immigrants, how would we fare? If the recently released evidence from the heartland of Postville, Iowa is any indicator, I'd venture to say we're in danger of [...]