Stripped of the politics, at the center of the on-going immigration crisis are children desperate enough to risk everything just to touch American soil.
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Immigration program works with high school students
Education can help bridge the gap for students who lack citizenship documentation.
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Congress must reform America’s immigration laws to restore the dream of our founding fathers.
Congress must reform America’s immigration laws to restore the dream of our founding fathers.
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Deportation is too steep a penalty
This issue that weighs heavily on my mind and heart is that of immigration reform. As Christians, we are called into relationship. We are called into a relationship of love. This calling is summarized in the two great Commandments that we hear about in the Law and the Prophets: We are called to love God […]
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For the unauthorized
The argument is that people who have not respected our immigration laws should not be rewarded with normalization, that it is not fair to potential immigrants who are waiting in line and that this kind of measure would undermine the rule of law. It is a simple, attractive argument. It is also dead wrong. There […]
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Looking Askew
“Your grandpa is a felon,” Sweet tells her 10-year-old nephew, Dustin. “A felon and a Christian. He says he’s a felon because he’s a Christian. Now, what kind of baloney is that?” So begins Rilla Askew’s newest novel, Kind of Kin, released this month. In it, she captures the trials of a woman trying to […]
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Viva la comunidad
Credit: Mark Hancock But when it was signed into law five years ago, HB 1804 sparked “sheer panic in the community,” said Pat Fennell, former president and CEO of the Latino Community Development Agency (LCDA). Many immigrants fled the state immediately. Those who stayed lived in fear. In the time since, the measure has lost […]
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American DREAM
Judith Huerta and Fredy Valenzia Photo: Mark Hancock The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program offers a two-year deferment of deportation proceedings to undocumented immigrants. Qualified applicants must have entered the country as children, stayed out of major legal trouble and received at least a GED or be currently enrolled as students, among other requirements. […]
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Gerry Bonds invites you into ‘The Living Room’
Bonds, who anchored the nightly news broadcast on OETA for 14 years, hopes to bring intellectually stimulating conversations to the round table as she talks to Janet Barresi, state superintendent of public instruction, and two representatives from Teach for America about the state of education. “On a personal level, it’s the intellectual stimulation and the […]
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Raising Arizona
Javier Flores considers himself an “accidental immigrant.” At age 9, his father hired someone to smuggle him and six other family members across the U.S.-Mexico border. For two years, Flores was in the country illegally until he was able to obtain resident status, and later took extra English courses in high school and college to […]