Results for Immigration
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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The Immigration System: So Much To Fix
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog -
It has been one of those weeks. Everything around me seems to need fixing. First the shower backed up, and then my car broke down. It has been one of those weeks. Everything aroun ...
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Remember the DREAMers, Remember Their Dreams
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog -
understand their plight (Matthew 16:25). Remember that parable of the individual who sold everything ... to the law," with the firm resolution that, "If I perish, I perish" (Esther 4:16)? And remember ...
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No One is "Illegal"
Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:40pm | Type: Blog -
<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/2010/09/15/no-one-is-illegal/"></a>Today is a day of hope for immigration reform. More than 500 immigration activists and faith leaders have gathere ...
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Charges Against Border Humanitarians Reversed
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog -
In southern Arizona, a glimmer of hope for immigration activists is like a drop of water on a hot summer day -- you are quenched for a brief moment, but the moment is gone once you realize how thir ...
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Angel Island: History Repeats Itself
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog -
<em><strong>Editor's Note</strong></em><em>: This statement was delivered at an interfaith prayer vigil at the U.S. Editor's Note ...
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Swayed By Fear
Originally Posted: 02/28/2011 - 8:23pm | Type: Magazine Article -
Marian Linden It is sad to me that Jim Wallis’ editorial on the Arizona immigration law (“Is Christian Ministry Illegal in Arizona?” July ...
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The Legacy of Martin Luther King: A Watering Hole Moment
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog -
<strong>[<em>Editor's Note<span style="font-weight: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">: In anticipation of the anniversary of the March on Washington on August 28, 1963, God& ...
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Citizenship: What's It Worth?
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog -
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Non-Cooperation with Evil in the Streets of Arizona
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog -
The clock nudged toward midnight on a cool Arizona summer evening. The clock nudged toward midnight on a cool Arizona summer evening. With monsoon moisture in the air and faint st ...
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Reel Images of Immigration: Additional Films
Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:40pm | Type: Blog -
<p></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> Each day this week, we've featured a film featuring different aspects of th ...
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Reel Images of Immigration: Dying to Live: A Migrant's Journey
Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:40pm | Type: Blog -
<p></p> <p> </p> <p>[Editor's Note: This week we will have a series of reviews on films with a focus on immigration. Check back each day for a new film review, and visit < ...
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Does Awareness Equal Activism?
Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:40pm | Type: Blog -
<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/2010/08/11/does-awareness-equal-activism/"></a>On May 2, 1963, African-American kids all over Birmingham, Alabama heard a D.J. from WENN announce, & ...
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Reel Images of Immigration: Made in L.A.
Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:40pm | Type: Blog -
<p></p> <p> </p> <p>[Editor's Note: This week we will have a series of reviews on films with a focus on immigration. Check back each day for a new film review, and visit < ...
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Reel Images of Immigration: Farmingville
Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:40pm | Type: Blog -
<p></p> <p> </p> <p>[Editor's Note: This week we will have a series of reviews on films with a focus on immigration. Check back each day for a new film review, and visit < ...
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REEL Images of Immigration: The Visitor
Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:40pm | Type: Blog -
<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/reel-images-of-immigration/"></a></p> <p>[Editor's Note: This week we will have a series of reviews on films with a focus on im ...
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Cleaning Up the Toy Room (and Immigration)
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog -
Often when I ask my kids to clean the toy room, one of them will sit in the couch, arms crossed, and claim that she has already cleaned out all "her" toys, and the remaining ones are all her brothe ...
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Our Response to Immigrants: A Blaring Horn or a Beautiful Song?
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog -
"I'm against you guys." A middle-aged man from Cincinnati proudly wearing an American flag on his T-shirt defiantly uttered these words to me a few weeks ago in Columbus, Ohio. ...
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The Immoral Impediments to Immigration Reform
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog -
One day I'd love to understand why conservatives seem so good at public relations, while liberals, at ridicule. One day I'd love to understand why conservatives seem so ...
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Abraham, Joseph, and Today's Immigrants
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog -
can't afford it, he offers to trade for their cattle (Gen. 47:16) instead of just giving it away ... for their cattle (Gen. 47:16) instead of just giving it away to those in need. When the people have no more cattle ... people can't afford it, he offers to trade for their cattle (Gen. 47:16) instead of just giving ...
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Understanding the Immigration Debate
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog -
If I hadn't just read <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Moving-Millions-Coyote-Capitalism-Immigration/dp/047042334X?ie=UTF8&tag=thenefrev-20&link_code=btl&camp=21368 ...
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Arizona Reveals a Struggle Beyond the Courtroom and the Ballot
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog -
snake, or inadvertently go through the "15 items or less" line at the supermarket with 16 items ... at the supermarket with 16 items in your cart, or crank up Bob Seger and dance around your home in your underwear. ... at the supermarket with 16 items in your cart, or crank up Bob Seger and dance around your house in your underwear. ...
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The Stranger as Neighbor
Originally Posted: 02/28/2011 - 8:25pm | Type: Magazine Article -
Eboo Patel For David Fraccaro, the immigration debate isn't just politics: It's faith. When David Fr ...
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The Immigration Fight Isn't Over
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog -
Yesterday, U.S. Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton preliminarily struck down key provisions in Arizona's infamous SB 1070 law and ruled that states cannot pr ...
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'Hey Obama, Don't Deport My Momma!': A Photo Essay
Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:40pm | Type: Blog -
<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/2010/07/29/hey-obama-dont-deport-my-momma-a-photo-essay/"></a>A children's rendition of Springsteen's 'Born in the USA' filled t ...
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Key Provisions in SB1070 Struck Down
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog -
U.S. U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton struck down key provisions in Arizona's infamous SB 1070 law today and ruled that states cannot preempt federal law. According to ...
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History is on the Side of the Immigrant
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog -
"What part of illegal don't you understand?"</p> "What part of illegal don't you understand?" This question -- usually launched by immigrat ...
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A Hymn of Welcome for Immigrants: 'Abraham Journeyed to a New Country'
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog -
Matthew 2:13-16, 10:40; 25:31-46; Hebrews 11, 13:2; Leviticus 19:18, 33-34 Tune: Gaelic melody ...
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A Rare Opportunity for Direct Civil Disobedience in Arizona
Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:40pm | Type: Blog -
<p>Since the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/24/us/politics/24immig.html">recent passage of Arizona Senate Bill 1070</a>, scheduled to go into effect on July 29, those of us ...
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A Republican Pastor for Immigration Reform
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog -
My name is Rev. Gary Wiley, pastor of justice and care at Trinity Grace Church in New York City. I am an evangelical Christian. My name is Rev. Gary Wiley, pastor of justice and c ...
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An Open Letter to Pastors: Our Nation Needs Immigration Reform
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog -
Dear Pastors,</p> Dear Pastors, This week, a group called NumbersUSA sent out a message to hundreds of thousands of Americans to ask them to please contact their pastor. ...
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Bad Theology in the House of Representatives
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog -
<p style="text-align: left;">Wednesday morning I listened to a House Judiciary Committee <a href="http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/294531-1">hearing on "The Ethical Imper ...
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Immigration, the Bible, and the Lawsuit
Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:40pm | Type: Blog -
shalt not steal. 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. Click here ... Thou shalt not steal. 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. Click ...
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Deportations that Destroy the Human Spirit
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog -
"Maybe I would be better off just crossing again and going to prison for many years." Upon hearing this, an instant knot forms in my gut. "Maybe I would be better o ...
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The Beginning of Justice for Marcelo Lucero
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog -
<a href="http://blog.sojo.net/2009/10/07/stopping-anti-immigrant-violence-at-its-ideological-roots/">In November 2008, a Latino man, Marcelo Lucero, was stalked and murdered</a> on a stre ...
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Federal Government Sues Arizona Over Unjust Immigration Law
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog -
In a rare move by any administration, the federal government has sued the state of Arizona over the most restrictive immigration law in the country, SB1070.</p> In a rare mo ...
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Mother of Exiles
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog -
Bill and I were vacationing in Michigan when we received the call from the White House asking if Bill would <a href="http://lynnehybels.blogspot.com/2010/07/bills-introductory-comments-for.html"&g ...
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Getting Past False Debates
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog -
Yesterday, President Barack Obama spoke on the moral issue of reforming a "broken and dangerous" <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/immigration-system/">immigration system</a>, i ...
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Open Letter to Obama: 'Lives are at Stake'
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog -
Dear Mr. President,</p> Dear Mr. President, In your brief time in office you have clearly not been one to shy away from tough challenges. And as you pointed out, immigra ...
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Video: President's Address on Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:40pm | Type: Blog -
<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/2010/07/02/video-presidents-address-on-comprehensive-immigration-reform/"></a>President Obama spoke at American University yesterday and called for ...
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Fixing Immigration: President Obama's Speech
Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:40pm | Type: Blog -
<p><a href="/sites/default/files/images/100524_100501-0007-immigration-rally.jpg"></a>President Obama is getting no respite from contentious issues. Today, speaking at American Univ ...
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On Arizona, Artists Speak Up, Refuse to Play
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog -
As a musician, I'm always interested in seeing how my fellow creative types respond to injustice or need. As a musician, I'm always interested in seeing how my fellow cr ...
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Obama to Speak on Immigration Reform Today
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog -
President Obama is keeping hope alive for <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/comprehensive-immigration-reform/">comprehensive immigration reform legislation</a> this year. ...
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Is Christian Ministry Illegal in Arizona?
Originally Posted: 02/28/2011 - 8:25pm | Type: Magazine Article -
Jim Wallis This law would force us to disobey Jesus and his gospel. We will not comply. This spring Arizona en ...
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Raided
Originally Posted: 02/28/2011 - 8:25pm | Type: Magazine Article -
Margaret Regan In March 2008, several fast-food employees found themselves on the wrong side of U.S. immigration policies. ...
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Durham Stands in Solidarity with Arizona Immigrants
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog -
Last week the City Council of Durham, NC voted to suspend city-funded travel to Arizona in response to the passage of <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/sb-1070/">SB 1070.</a> According to ...
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Immigration, Children, and the Way of Jesus
Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:40pm | Type: Blog -
<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/2010/06/15/immigration-children-and-the-way-of-jesus/"></a>Last month, <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/2010/05/20/a-second-graders-challenge-t ...
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Foreclosure: Dismantling Family Ties
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog -
A recent study authored by National Council of La Raza (NCLR) and the Center for Community Capital at the University of North Carolina found that family bonds were profoundly distressed after exper ...
