Aug
15
Bishop William H. Willimon, United Methodist Church of North Alabama. With only weeks until Alabama’s extreme anti-immigrant law, HB 56, is slated to take effect (September 1), the coalition of groups challenging the law continues to grow. Shortly after Alabama Governor Robert Bentley signed HB 56 in June, several civil rights groups—including the ACLU—filed a …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/08/15/religious-community-latest-to-join-battle-against-alabama%e2%80%99s-extreme-anti-immigrant-law/
Nov
15
Utah state Rep. Stephen Sandstrom’s argument that there is “popular support for Arizona’s controversial legislation [SB 1070]” just got a little thinner. A number of state and local governments, corporations, businesses, community and faith groups recently signed the Utah Compact—a declaration of five principles created “to guide Utah’s immigration discussion.” The guidelines are a far …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2010/11/15/mormon-church-business-leaders-endorse-utah-compact-for-immigration-reform/
Sep
15
At a forum today in Washington, D.C., faith, civic, community and Congressional leaders gathered to rally the immigration reform faithful, endorse Sen. Reid’s (D-NV) DREAM Act amendment, announce the introduction of a forthcoming immigration overhaul bill in the U.S. Senate and a meeting with President Obama this week on immigration. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) announced …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2010/09/15/congressional-leaders-announce-forthcoming-immigration-bill-support-for-the-dream-act-and-a-meeting-with-president-obama-on-immigration/
Jul
14
At a House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration hearing today, a panel of conservative religious leaders made the case for common sense solutions to our immigration problems—comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) that secures our borders, follows the rule of law and provides a pathway to citizenship for the roughly 11 million undocumented immigrants currently living in the …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2010/07/14/the-right-side-of-history-religious-leaders-urge-immigration-reform-at-hearing/
Mar
19
The positive impact of Sunday’s rally on the mall for immigration reform is already in evidence. Yesterday, after months of pressure, Senators Schumer and Graham finally released their blueprint for immigration reform and President Obama immediately pledged to help push bipartisan legislation forward. Next was Senator Reid who promised to make time for legislation on the …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2010/03/19/strength-in-numbers/
Jan
26
Today, hundreds of Evangelical leaders from around the country will join hands to raise awareness for comprehensive immigration reform during a National Day of Prayer. Like many faith groups, Evangelicals are the most recent to sign onto the national religious effort to “act on the Biblical mandate of compassion and justice toward immigrants” and call …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2010/01/26/got-faith-a-closer-look-at-the-religious-movement-for-immigration-reform/
Oct
14
Nativist groups are pulling an old strategy out of their play book as they attack members of the clergy. This tired exercise includes identifying a constituency that is in support of solving our nation’s immigration problems (currently the religious community), coordinating with other like-minded groups to disseminate faulty arguments (this time using the bible to …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/10/14/old-dogs-old-tricks-nativist-groups-declare-war-on-clergy/
Immigration Impact is a project of the American Immigration Council.
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