“Evangelicals Find New Unity on Immigration”
Read a Religion News Service story about the Evangelical response to the Arizona immigration law, posted May 14, 2010 at the website of Christianity Today.
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“New SBC Immigration Policy in the Works”
On May 12, 2010, Richard Land and Barrett Duke of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission released the draft of “A White Paper: Principles for Just Immigration Reform.” The draft builds on previous statements by viewing immigrants and immigration reform in a positive light and is very much in line with what other evangelicals are […]
“Evangelical Leaders Unite on Just Assimilation Immigration Policy”
On May 11, 2010, an unusually broad range of evangelical leaders released a joint statement that calls for a “just immigration policy” that “begins with securing, not closing, our borders, one that provides a temporary guest-worker program, and one that offers a pathway for earned legal citizenship or temporary residency.”
“Religious Leaders on Immigration Reform”
Read a July 21, 2010, discussion among religious leaders on immigration reform, hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations.
“Uncertain status: 15 myths about immigration”
Read a column by an immigration lawyer at the website of the monthly magazine U.S. Catholics about the facts of immigration.
“Remarks by the President on Comprehensive Immigration Reform”
President Obama pushed for immigration reform in a major speech July 1, 2010, at the American University School of International Service in Washington, D.C. Read the official text of the address.
“President Obama calls for immigration reform, including path to legalization for illegal immigrants”
President Obama pushed for immigration reform in a major speech July 1, 2010, at the American University School of International Service in Washington, D.C.
“Get the Facts on the DREAM Act”
The White House website has a fact sheet on the DREAM Act laying out the arguments for the legislation.
“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.”