Immigration

Demanding Justice for the People that Harvest our Food

Melanie Weldon-Soiset 7-28-2009

Last weekend I watched the documentary Food, Inc. and it left me inspired in a surprising way

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Mr. Obama, Our Immigration Enforcement Policy Perpetuates Racial Profiling

Allison Johnson 7-23-2009

While watching Barack Obama's health care press conference last night, I wasn't surprised when he took a question regarding the arrest and subsequent media uproar surrounding his good friend, Henry

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Immigration Policy: Where's the Love?

Anne Dunlap 7-14-2009

The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

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Let the Little Children Come: Scripture and the DREAM Act

Matthew Soerens 7-09-2009
Throughout the Old Testament, we find God's repeated command to care and look out for immigrants.
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Immigration Reform This Year: Let's Get to Work

Allison Johnson 6-26-2009
Yesterday, President Obama met with key legislators to discuss the details of moving comprehensive immigration reform legislation this year.
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Are Christians More Compassionate Towards Immigrants?

Melanie Weldon-Soiset 6-19-2009
I am heartened by a new analysis of data from a 2006 Pew Research Center poll, which indicates that people who go to c
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Reclaiming the Church's Mission and Message on Immigration

Bill Mefford 6-17-2009
As things begin to heat up on the immigration debate in Congress, the role of the church will be significant.
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Immigration Reform: The time has come

Jim Wallis 6-11-2009

The time has come for comprehensive immigration reform. After several failed attempts in past years, the president has promised it and the White House is showing a clear commitment to it.

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Love and the Law

Glen Peterson 6-01-2009
Welcoming the Stranger: Justice, Compassion, and the Truth in the Immigration Debate, by Matthew Soerens and Jenny Hwang. InterVarsity Press.
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Human Freight

Laurel Frodge 6-01-2009

Sin Nombre, directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga. Focus Films.

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What if the Bible's Ruth Came to America Today?

Arthur Waskow 5-27-2009
Learning from Shavuot and Pentecost: Can we share our harvest? Can we share our talk and tongues? Can we relearn how to share our work and rest?

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Why You Need to Know Vincent Chin

Eugene Cho 5-15-2009

I'll be honest. I get timid writing these kind of posts. I'm scared of being labeled an angry or bitter Asian. I'm scared of the emails that come in. I'm scared of being de-invited for speaking gigs

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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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Postcard from Postville: A Year After the Raids

Allison Johnson 5-12-2009
Today marks the first anniversary of the Po
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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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Made in L.A.: Putting a Human Face on the Immigrant Experience

Almudena Carracedo 4-22-2009
Seven years ago, I set out to make a little film that would put a human face on the struggles of immigrant workers in L.A.
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The Social Side Effects of Global Warming

Cesar Baldelomar 4-22-2009
We are at a global turning point.
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Obama's Public Promise to Reform Immigration this Year

Allison Johnson 4-09-2009
Hundreds of faith leaders and immigrant advocates across the country visiting their members of Congress at home this week just got a huge boost from the Obama administration.

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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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Shackling the Stranger

4-01-2009
Rent-a-jails are no place for immigrants and asylum seekers.
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