January 2010
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In the Fields: Writer works jobs held by... →
Gabriel Thompson talks about his new book “Working In The Shadows: A Year of Doing the Jobs Americans Won’t Do”
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WatchVideo by Jennie Aleshire about Riverside Church’s Sojourners Visitation Program as well as, and most importantly, the stories and experiences of former detainees.
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Got Faith? A Closer Look at the Religious Movement... →
Seth Hoy writes on the Immigration Impact blog
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“On a faith level, [stressing immigration reform] means heeding the command to...”
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Opinion in the Arizona Republic: Interfaith group to ‘raise moral voice’ on issue
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White Folks Step Up to Fight Racism With “US for... →
via RaceWire: Over the past several months, a number of white anti-racist activists have been connecting and organizing in new ways to step up their response to heightened racism in the current political context. [Check out their website here.]
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“Scripture tells us that the church is made up of one body, with many parts, and...”
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Matthew Soerens from his blog post for Christians for Comprehensive Immigration Reform: “Illinois Christians Come Together for Immigration Reform”
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For mixed Haitian American families, getting home... →
Theola Labbé-DeBose reports for the Washington Post: The physical distance between Haiti and the United States belies a fluid and close-knit familial relationship between Haitians living in their home country and those in the United States. Mixed citizenship is common among Haitian families — a fact that many Haitians said they never gave a moment’s thought until now. [Read the rest...
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“When I was sheriff, you would be surprised how many news reports of skeletons...”
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Rep. Solomon Ortiz talks to the Houston Chronicle about the House of Representative’s immigration reform bill. Read the article here.
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“Now, more than ever, it’s important to remember Dr. King’s message that all men...”
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Seth Hoy writes for Immigration Impact blog in the post “Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Intersection of Immigration and Civil Rights”
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The Economic Benefits of Immigration Reform →
A new report, “Raising the Floor for American Workers: The Economic Benefits of Comprehensive Immigration Reform,” by Dr. Raul Hinojosa-Ojeda, finds that comprehensive immigration reform that includes a legalization program for unauthorized immigrants and enables a future flow of legal workers would result in a large economic benefit—a cumulative $1.5 trillion in added U.S. gross domestic...
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Ninth Circuit to Hear Case Against Officers Who... →
Nina Shapiro writes in the Seattle Weekly: Imagine you, as an American citizen, were plucked from normal life and taken to a detention facility for illegal immigrants. Now, imagine that it took seven and a half months for immigration officials to figure out that—as you said all along— you were not only a citizen, but one who had honorably served in the U.S. Army.
Should there be any...
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Immigration Reform Will Benefit the Middle Class →
Alex DiBranco writes for Change.org’s Immigrant Rights blog: “Reports of the economic benefits of comprehensive immigration just keep on coming. In the latest, the Drum Major Institute has released an analysis of Rep. Luis Gutierrez’s CIR ASAP bill that comes to the cheering conclusion that its passage will be a win for the middle class.” Read more here.
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Colleen Bradford Krantz investigates story of... →
Article about Colleen Bradford Krantz and her documentary “Train to Nowhere: Inside an Immigrant Death Investigation”.
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New Poll: Voters Want Immigrants on the Tax Rolls →
The National Immigration Forum writes: By a more than two-to-one margin (67% to 28%), survey respondents believe “We would be better off if people who are in the United States illegally became legal taxpayers so they pay their fair share” verses forcing them to leave the country “because they are taking away jobs that Americans need.”
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“It is our view that the American public, including Catholic and other faith...”
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Bishop John C. Wester of Salt Lake City quoted in God’s Politics blog “Bishops Flex Moral Muscle for Comprehensive Immigration Reform”
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“On December 31, 2009 at approximately 2:00 pm, eight representatives of...”
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Quote from a memorandum that researcher Jacqueline Stevens received from someone who had read her article “America’s Secret ICE Castles” on the Nation website and paid a visit to their office in Grand Junction, Colorado. Read more here.
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“I was tired of getting phone calls from a mother, a father, a brother, a sister...”
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Jonathan Fried of We Count! writes about why he is participating in Fast for Our Families: “What We Do For Love”.
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“For us, the “strangers at our gates” have become our brothers and sisters –...”
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Lynne Hybels writes in God’s Politics blog: “From ‘Strangers at Our Gates’ to Brothers and Sisters”. Lynne is the advocate for global engagement at Willow Creek Community Church and author of Nice Girls Don’t Change the World.
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“We’re committing what I call national suicide. Somehow or other, after...”
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via Reuters: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg pledged on Friday to promote a more open U.S. immigration policy during his third term, much as he made a campaign against illegal guns a hallmark of his second term.
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“Americans should resolve to be more like immigrants by shedding their sense of...”
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Ruben Navarrette Jr. writes in an opinion piece for CNN: “Tackle immigration reform in 2010”
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To Love God is to Love Our Immigrant Neighbors →
Britt Fuller and Justin Fung write on God’s Politics blog: “We believe this same tragic gap exists in the overall Christian response to the immigrant and the immigration system in the United States.”
Britt Fuller is an Intercultural Studies graduate from Moody Theological Seminary. He is passionate about seeing evangelical churches embrace the immigrants in their community...
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Richard Herman, co-author of "Immigrant, Inc. -... →
Richard Herman writes about his new book on the Immigration Prof Blog.