Gregory Freeland is an associate professor of political science at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, Calif., and director of its Center for Equality and Justice. He is familiar with the organization, goals and spread of the New Sanctuary Movement.

Rabbi Michael Feinberg is an ordained Reconstructionist rabbi and identifies as a democratic socialist. He has described providing sanctuary for immigrants as an act of “radical hospitality,” in line with the religious principle of welcoming the stranger. He is a veteran of successful living wage campaigns, and a longtime active member of the Religious Socialism Working […]

Kim Bobo is the founder and executive director of Interfaith Worker Justice, which works with faith communities to provide sanctuary and support for illegal immigrants. She is the author of Wage Theft in America: Why Millions of Working Americans Are Not Getting Paid – And What We Can Do About It (2008).

Justice for Immigrants is a project of the Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform, a part of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. It is a coalition of many Catholic groups.

Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice is an interfaith network of 600 Los Angeles area religious and lay leaders who focus on the working poor, including illegal immigrants. Rabbi Jonathan Klein is executive director.

Read a July 20, 2007, article in Time magazine about whether the Bible supports sanctuary for illegal immigrants.

Read a July 8, 2007, USA Today article about the New Sanctuary Movement and the different kinds of sanctuary it provides, including legal assistance, food and clothing.

Read an Associated Press article dated July 12, 2008, about immigrants seeking sanctuary in churches. It’s on the Web site of The Christian Post.

The fall 2008 issue of Reflections, the magazine of Yale Divinity School, is titled “Who Is My Neighbor?” and is dedicated to the issue of immigration. It has a range of articles on the topic from a variety of religious perspectives.