Archive for the ‘Faith’ Category
The Rally Against SB 1070
Posted: April 26, 2012 at 2:43 pm By MichaelOn the biggest day of our national week of action for immigrant families, the US Supreme Court heard the oral arguments against Arizona’s infamous anti-immigration law, SB 1070. While the constitutionality of the bill was being discussed inside the Court’s white marble walls, faith leaders, labor unions, DREAMers, politicians, activists for immigrant and civil rights, undocumented and documented immigrants, and many others—nearly 1000 in all—stood in solidarity before the steps of the Supreme Court against SB 1070 and other hateful anti-immigration laws.
Caroling for the DREAM Act
Posted: December 13, 2010 at 8:56 pm By SarahPic from America’s Voice. Yesterday evening, DREAMers and other activists from across the country gathered in downtown Washington DC to get into the holiday spirit to support the DREAM Act. They gathered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and sang carols with new lyrics about the DREAM Act. A sampling: (to the tune of [...]
Tomorrow: vigil in Ohio for Bernard Pastor
Posted: December 3, 2010 at 7:31 pm By admin(Photo courtesy Faith in Public Life.) In Ohio, local faith leaders are preparing for a vigil tomorrow for Bernard Pastor, an honors student facing deportation. Bernard, who is 18, was detained after a minor traffic accident in November. Today leaders from Bernard’s own evangelical church and other ministers called for Congress to pass the DREAM [...]
The opportunity is being squandered
Posted: September 8, 2010 at 4:46 pm By LloydBy all objective measures unauthorized immigration is down. Another burst of federal money was just sent to the Southwest for border security. Violence along the U.S.-Mexico border is at its lowest in years (despite what some fear-mongers on the right have claimed). These are the conditions that the Right has demanded before talking comprehensive reform. [...]
Evangelicals, religious leaders support immigration reform
Posted: July 19, 2010 at 1:58 pm By admin(Photo credit: Sojourners) Last week, we learned that while some Republicans in Congress are trying to use religious traditions to justify their opposition to immigration reform. At the same time, leaders across the religious spectrum have said that reform is an ethical and moral imperative. A story in yesterday’s New York Times shows that evangelical [...]
Faith leaders: immigration is an ethical issue
Posted: July 16, 2010 at 8:39 pm By adminAt a hearing on comprehensive immigration reform earlier this week, several religious leaders cited religious texts in laying out the moral imperative to fix our broken system. Representatives of different faith traditions told a House subcommittee that the millions hurt every day that we don’t have reform can’t be ignored. Bishop Gerald Kicanas, from the [...]
Why I’m Marching: Susan Haslett
Posted: March 9, 2010 at 11:56 am By AdrianaA couple of days ago I talked with 21-year old college student Susan Haslett from Tempe, Arizona, whose family is from the United States and Mexico. She is marching at the March For America in 12 days and here is what she told me: My story starts in Mexico, but it is still very much [...]
Immigration Reform: Change Takes Courage and Faith
Posted: March 4, 2010 at 6:33 pm By adminBy Jim Willis, originally posted at God’s Politics. The window is closing on comprehensive immigration reform. At least that’s what the politicians in Washington are saying. They’re afraid of more demagoguery. They’re afraid of upcoming elections. They’re afraid of the politics of fear. But I am more and more troubled by how little they seem [...]
Latest CIS Poll on Faith and Immigration Raises Eyebrows
Posted: January 5, 2010 at 2:22 pm By Jackie MahendraOriginally posted at the America’s Voice blog. Something is clearly amiss when it comes to the latest Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) polling on immigration. Not that it’s a huge surprise, coming from the same “think tank” whose leader recently argued that Judge Sotomayor should change her name to sound more “Anglo…” In December, the [...]
People of Faith Strengthen the Fight for Immigration Reform
Posted: December 2, 2009 at 4:33 pm By Katherine VargasOn November 13, when Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano addressed advocates and the media at the Center for American Progress, she pointed to the “fundamental changes” from 2007 that have shifted the debate on comprehensive immigration reform making it more attainable this time around. She cited the greater involvement of key constituencies like law enforcement and [...]
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