“Unauthorized Immigrant Population: National and State Trends, 2010”
The Pew Hispanic Center has a map (2011) of unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. with state-by-state data.
Category: Migration
“U.S. Unauthorized Immigration Flows Are Down Sharply Since Mid-Decade”
An analysis released Sept. 1, 2010, by the Pew Hispanic Center shows the annual influx of undocumented immigrants to the United States was nearly two-thirds smaller in the March 2007 to March 2009 period than it had been from March 2000 to March 2005.
Combined Jewish Philanthropies
Combined Jewish Philanthropies is an organization bring together the Jewish community’s resources, volunteers, leadership and expertise in Greater Boston.
“Harmful State Legislation”
Read a Jan. 24, 2011, statement from the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service saying the agency is “gravely concerned that the punitive immigration bills being considered by many state legislatures would contradict the biblical mandate to care for sojourners in our midst.”
“Immigration: Church Issues New Statement”
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on June 10, 2011, issued a statement saying that immigration reform was a job for the federal government and that the Mormon leadership “is concerned that any state legislation that only contains enforcement provisions is likely to fall short of the high moral standard of treating each other as […]
“Immigration and the Gospel”
Russell D. Moore, dean of the School of Theology at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, wrote a June 20, 2011, column in The Christian Post, “Immigration and the Gospel,” that calls on evangelicals to be welcoming to immigrants.
“As Mormon Lay Clergy Are Deported, a Divide on Immigration”
Read a June 20, 2011, story at Religion Dispatches about the LDS Church’s position on immigration.
“Southern Baptists adopt ‘Gospel response’ toward undocumented immigrants”
Southern Baptist delegates in Phoenix, gathered for the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting, adopted a resolution on immigration June 15, 2011, after sharp debates and divided votes on amendments regarding amnesty and enforcement. Read about it in a blog post from the Houston Chronicle.
“SBC’s Contentious Debate over ‘Amnesty’ for Undocumented Immigrants”
Southern Baptist delegates in Phoenix, gathered for the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting, adopted a resolution on immigration June 15, 2011, after sharp debates and divided votes on amendments regarding amnesty and enforcement. Read about it in a story from Ethics Daily.