Citizens for Immigrants
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"To deny our immigrant brothers and sisters basic health care coverage is immoral."
Click on link above for OpEd by Roger Mahony, the cardinal archbishop of Los Angeles.
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"St. Bridget's has helped the [immigrant] families and underage workers who had no place else to turn after the raid, said Father Paul Ouderkirk, pastor at the church."
Link above to article: After 19 months of detention following an ICE raid on an Iowa meat processing plant, about a dozen immigrant women continue to wear tracking devices on their ankles while federal officials decide their fate.
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”It is our view that the American public, including Catholic and other faith communities, want a humane and comprehensive solution to the problems which beset our immigration system, and they want Congress to address this issue. We remain committed to moving immigration reform as soon as possible.
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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Frank Sharry, the founder and Executive Director of America’s Voice, talks about the two sides of the immigration debate and what Comprehensive Immigration Reform means.
One side believes in “attrition through enforcement,” while the Catholic Church and others believe the current system is out of date. Many immigrants would line up to apply for legal papers, he says, if there was a line for them to get into. “Our system does not allow for enough slots … for those who are coming here to work.” -
Iowa billboards show sisters’ support of immigration reform
10 communities of religious sisters issued billboards… across Iowa with a Gospel message in addition to a statement calling on the president and Congress to make progress on comprehensive immigration reform.
