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Xenophobic Border Watch Groups are Domestic Terrorists
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog

<p style="text-align: left;">On May 30, 2009, a terrorist attack in Arizona ended the lives of two U.S. citizens -- a Latino man and his 9-year-old daughter. On Ma ...

Christians and Immigration(Discussion Guide)
Originally Posted: 02/15/2011 - 10:53am | Type: Resource

Christians and Immigration(Discussion Guide) Perfect for small groups or individual study! Designed to spark discussion and thought about how to live out God's call for jus ...

Indiana Immigration: Hoosier Neighbor?
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog

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For True Civility in Arizona, The Walls Must Come Down
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog

The shooting in Tucson, Arizona has spurred numerous 'calls for civility' in the heated political tension of Arizona and beyond. The shooting in Tucson, Arizona has spur ...

Looking For Light Along the Border
Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:40pm | Type: Blog

<p><a href="/sites/default/files/images/1100208-nomoredeaths.jpg"></a>For many Americans, the Sonora Desert conjures up images of a summer vacation replete with tequila shots and su ...

False Security
Originally Posted: 02/27/2011 - 7:13pm | Type: Magazine Article

John Fife U.S. militarization of the border takes a stark toll in lives, human rights, and money. You can' ...

Immigrant Rights as Human Rights
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog

<p style="text-align: left;">The issues surrounding immigration are politically complex and emotionally charged, especially at a time when many Americans are experiencing severe economic distre ...

Remembering the Little Bishop Who Roared
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog

Retired Catholic Bishop Samuel Ru&iacute;z Garcia, known as the champion of the poor and indigenous in southern Mexico, died January 24 of complications from diabetes. He was 86.</p> ...

Immigration
Originally Posted: 10/18/2011 - 12:59pm | Type: Topic Brief

Immigration: What do you think about immigration reform? How do we keep our borders safe? Bible We believe that all people, regardless of national origin, are made in the "image of God" and deserve to be treated wit ...

My Undocumented Life: Full of Magic and Meaning
Originally Posted: 09/01/2011 - 12:07pm | Type: Blog

My grandfather taught me that "There is magic and meaning in every moment." [ Editors' Note: Below is a personal reflection by an undocumented student living ...

U.S. Militarization of the Border Provides False Security
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog

You can't miss the barrage of headlines detailing the drug cartel war in Mexico. You can't miss the barrage of headlines detailing the drug cartel war in Mexico. " ...

Young Evangelicals Must Champion Immigration Reform
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog

In some ways, 2010 was a great year for evangelicals who have longed for the church to stand for just and <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/immigration/">compassionate immigration reform</a& ...

My Hardest Working Students are Undocumented
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog

I am greatly saddened and angered by Congress' failure to pass the <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/dream/" target="_blank">DREAM Act</a> before Christmas last year. ...

Interview with Felipe Matos, Trail of Dreams Participant
Originally Posted: 03/02/2011 - 7:24pm | Type: Magazine Article

Jeannie Choi Felipe Matos, 24, was sent to the United States from the slums of Brazil by his mother who longed for him to find a better li ...

Armed with a Burning Patience
Originally Posted: 01/13/2012 - 3:56pm | Type: Magazine Article

Anonymous The diary of an undocumented student. My family had been farmers in the rough terrain of southern Me ...

Where is my Mother? The Injustice of a Broken Immigration System
Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:40pm | Type: Blog

the child of hell than yourselves. 16Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear ...

Deportation is Not a Family Value
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog

President Obama has often been praised for his consistent support of families. President Obama has often been praised for his consistent support of families. He has been touted as ...

A Christmas DREAM for Students Around the Country
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog

<p style="text-align: left;">As the holidays draw near, bright lights decorate the streets of the District of Columbia, carols are sung, cookies are baked, and stores fill up with anxious shopp ...

100 Reasons for a Christmas Miracle
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog

<a href="http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm" target="_blank">Call your Senators right now about the DREAM Act</a>.</p> ...

Interview With A Dreamer
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog

Felipe Matos, 24, was sent to the United States from the slums of Brazil by his mother who longed for him to find a better life and achieve his dreams. Felipe Matos, 24, was sent ...

Human Beings Matter More Than Analogies
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog

Last week, I joined a conservative talk show in Cincinnati to talk about <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/2010/11/30/pray-for-bernard-pray-for-the-dream/" target="_blank">Bernard Pastor& ...

Clergy and Students Pray Together for the DREAM Act
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog

Interfaith leaders and graduating high school students from across the United States joined hands to pray in the Hart Senate Office Building yesterday at the end of a <a href="http://www.christianp ...

The DREAM Act is Not Amnesty
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog

As members of Congress debate the DREAM Act once again, opponents of the act are again attacking the legislation as "<a href="http://seeingredaz.wordpress.com/2010/12/01/backdoor-amnesty-dream-act ...

Friday Links Round Up: Hackers. Slow Motion. Snow.
Originally Posted: 09/01/2011 - 12:00pm | Type: Blog

Hackers. Slow Motion. Snow. Here’s a little round up of links from around the web you may have missed this week. Hackers. Slow Motion. Snow. Here’s a little round up of links from ...

DREAMS Should Not Be Illegal
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog

The House acted last night with boldness and leadership to pass the <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/dream-act/" target="_blank">DREAM Act</a>. Th ...

How Can a 'Peace and Justice' Community Support the DREAM Act?
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog

We've been asked by more than one of our readers and supporters about how we can <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/dream-act/" target="_blank">support the DREAM Act</a> and ...

Undocumented Young People Need the DREAM
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog

Last Wednesday, December 1 marked the 55th anniversary of the beginning of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_Bus_Boycott" target="_blank">Montgomery bus boycott< ...

My Story as an Undocumented Immigrant
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog

To become an undocumented immigrant requires very little but is a result of tremendous social, economic, political, and environmental forces; I offer my story as example.</p> ...

For the DREAMers, The Waiting Must End Today
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog

In this <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/advent/" target="_blank">season of Advent</a>, we in our Christian churches speak often about how this is a time of waiting and prepara ...

Another Advent of 'Waiting' for Undocumented Students
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog

This Advent season, "waiting" has new meaning for hundreds of thousands of <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/undocumented/" target="_blank">undocumented immigrant students&l ...

Justice for Farmworkers
Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:40pm | Type: Blog

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/food-and-faith/" target="_blank"></a></p> [ Editors' Note: This m ...

Four Questions For Ian Danley
Originally Posted: 02/27/2011 - 7:26pm | Type: Magazine Article

Elizabeth Palmberg Bio: Youth pastor and organizer with Neighborhood Ministries in Phoenix, Arizona Website: www.nmaz.net ...

Pray for Bernard, Pray for the DREAM
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog

On Tuesday November 16, hundreds of Christ-followers ... in On Tuesday November 16, hundreds of Christ-followers around the nation prayed and fasted in solidarity ... November 16, hundreds of Christ-followers around the nation prayed and fasted in solidarity with immigrants ...

Walking the Talk in the Fight for Fair Food Practices
Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:40pm | Type: Blog

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/food-and-faith/" target="_blank"></a></p> [ Editors' Note: In November, ...

Do You Know Where Your Food Comes From?
Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:40pm | Type: Blog

upheld Mosaic Law (Matthew 5:17-19; Mark 10:17-22; Luke 16:17), he justified his healing on the Sabbath ... loosed from this bond on the Sabbath?" Jesus asked. (Luke 13:10-16)On another occasion, Jesus again ... pigeons have their tables overturned and are put out of the Temple (Mark 11:15-16). It is the scribe who ...

Chicago Evangelicals Harassed While Praying for Immigration Reform
Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:40pm | Type: Blog

<p><a href="/sites/default/files/images/101115-immigration-prayer.jpg"></a>It was five days before the mid-term elections. The race to fill President Obama's senate seat was ne ...

The Social Network, Immigration, and Imago Dei
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog

I haven't had the energy to sit down in a while to blog. Somewhere between the multiple Google calendars and multiple modes of communication life over-shared with me.</p> ...

In the Immigration Debate, the Children Suffer Most
Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:40pm | Type: Blog

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/2010/11/11/in-the-immigration-debate-the-children-suffer-most/"></a>It's hard to ignore the children. As voiceless as children are in our world ...

Xenophobia 101
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog

<em>"We need immigration reform "We need immigration reform Perhaps we should also have Perhaps we should also have advocates encourage politicians ...

Prison and Profits: The Politics of AZ's SB1070 Bill Revealed
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog

What's behind <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/arizona/" target="_blank">Arizona's SB1070 law</a> besides politics? Money, of course.</p> ...

Mythbusters: The Truth About Immigrants and Assimilation
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog

<em>[</em><strong><em>Editor's Note: </em></strong><em>Myths and misinformation abound when it comes to the topic of immigration reform. ...

Mythbusters: Beyond the Shadow of Race-Baiting and Partial Truths
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog

<em>[</em><strong><em>Editor's Note: </em></strong><em>Myths and misinformation abound when it comes to the topic of immigration reform. ...

Myths and Facts About Immigration Economics
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog

<em>[<strong>Editor's Note: </strong>Myths and misinformation abound when it comes to the topic of immigration reform. [ Editor's Note: Myths and ...

Don't Deport My Neighbor!
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog

unfeigned: 1Ti 1:6 From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling; 1Ti 1:7 ... not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him. Gal 1:6 I marvel ...

Where is God on the Border?
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog

There is no doubt in my mind that the border has religion. There is no doubt in my mind that the border has religion. The Arizona border region as well as the surrounding border s ...

Stephen Colbert for the Least of These
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog

of the Israelites' sojourn in Egypt, just as God had promised Abraham (Genesis 15:16). Then, under Joshua, the men ... will cry out and not be answered." Proverbs 22:16: "He who oppresses the poor to increase his ... Or how about Ezekiel: Ezekiel 16:49: "Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her ...

DREAMS Are Not Made to be Broken
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog

the tab. Natural births alone are $8-$16k, depending epidural request, etc. I'm not advocating turn ... the tab. Natural births alone are $8-$16k, depending epidural request, etc. I'm not advocating turn ...

Why We Must Not Give Up on the DREAM Act
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog

find out themselves when they turn 16-years-old and discover that they cannot apply for a driver's ...

Our DREAMS Deferred, Our Hearts Emboldened
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog

Over the past five days, we've asked you and urged you to contact your senators in support of the DREAM Act -- legislation that <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/dream/" target="_blank&q ...

DREAM Act 101: What You Need to Know
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog

are quite specific. They must be younger than 35, have entered the U.S. before the age of 16, and have lived ...