Posts Tagged ‘immigration’
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Catholic bishops: Don’t let Boston attacks derail immigration reform
(RNS) Leading U.S. Catholic bishops on Monday (April 22) denounced efforts to use the Boston Marathon bombings to derail the push for immigration reform, saying it is wrong to brand all immigrants as dangerous and that a revamp...
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Evangelicals see promise in immigration proposal
A coalition of evangelical leaders who hope to shape national immigration reform is expressing cautious optimism about a bill a bipartisan group of senators introduced in Congress.
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Immigration reform gets personal for evangelicals
For Bishop Ricardo McClin, it was time to speak up when Church of God congregants suddenly stopped showing up to worship in Jacksonville, Fla., because of fears of detention. Photo courtesy Bishop Ricardo McClin Download this p...
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Survey: 3 in 4 Americans would back balanced immigration solution
As the country reacts to an executive decision on immigration and a Supreme Court decision on the same issue, a newly released Knights of Columbus-Marist Poll finds that many American people would back a long-term immigration s...
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Evangelicals press Congress on immigration
Evangelical activists are pressing Congress to pass a comprehensive immigration reform plan -- a tricky election-year issue that conservatives' GOP allies have been reluctant to take up.
The so-called “Evangelical Immigratio...
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Vicar sentenced for conducting sham marriages
LONDON (RNS) A Church of England vicar has been sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison for conducting hundreds of bogus weddings and illegally pocketing more than 30,000 pounds ($48,000) in fees. The Rev.
Indonesian Christian refugee finds his own church ‘sanctuary’
HIGHLAND PARK, N.J. (RNS) The mix of the modern and the medieval in the life of restricted life of Saul Timisela is dizzying. Global positioning satellites track every move the Indonesian immigrant makes while he seeks refuge ...
Refugee defies deportation, seeks sanctuary at church
Saul Timisela was ordered to report to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Newark early Thursday (March 1) morning to be deported. Instead, the Indonesian Christian took sanctuary at the Reformed Church of Highland Park...
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Faith & the Immigration Debate: Alabama Bishops fight tough immigration law on the grounds of religious freedom
New York, NY—Three bishops in Alabama see an opportunity to step in where they once “sat out”: to speak up for those who are suffering in their state in ways they failed to during the days of racial segregation. ...
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