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Religious community rallying for immigration reform

Posted April 29, 2009 by Patrick Young, Esq.

The religious community is beginning to weigh in on immigration reform. The United Methodists have hailed Obama pushing immigration as a priority. Last week 28 bishops of the United Methodist Church signed a letter saying: “We join other religious leaders in thanking President Obama for placing immigration reform on his political agenda for 2009. As United Methodists we believe that immigration is a human rights issue that needs serious attention.” The bishops are calling for a path to citizenship for the undocumented, an end to the divisive raids that the Bush administration inaugurated, and a better way to unify families separated by our immigration laws. The bishops said: “We stand firmly in believing that the inherent value of all immigrants means that all of their civil liberties should be respected and maintained regardless of their legal status. We believe, however, that our present immigration policies violate these basic rights.”
Christians for Comprehensive Immigration Reform, which includes well-known evangelical leader Jim Wallis of Sojourners, is coordinating meeting this month with Congressional representative to call for an overhaul of our immigration laws.

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