Guest Blog by: Elizabeth Murray The United States is a country made up of immigrants — yet there is widespread stigma against those illegally entering the United States. Many people claim they do not pay taxes, use social services, and take jobs away from deserving American citizens. These claims are generally untrue, and no […]Continue Reading →
Immigration policy took a step in a positive direction when it comes to supporting family reunification. Though far from a panacea, the family unity waiver would allow for petition within the U.S. rather than outside, which often caused a ban of re-entry to keep petitioning members from being with their family […]Continue Reading →
Last Friday, the Department of Homeland Security proposed changes to the way that the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service will consider certain family reunification cases. Though the complexity of the law—and what these proposed changes would do—makes it a bit confusing to understand, this proposed change is an answer to many, […]Continue Reading →
Guest Blog by: Joel Perez Last week began with the following email I received from a student at a Christian college (not George Fox University, where I work): “A mentor of mine forwarded me an article that you wrote regarding undocumented students and colleges. This is a more personal question. I’m 26 […]Continue Reading →
Guest Blog by: Donald Balla Rule of Law refers to the Christian value that calls for obeying the laws of the land. I’m a Rule of Law fan. Still, as Lemuel Washburn wrote, “It is necessary to distinguish between the virtue and the vice of obedience.” We apply Rule of Law to immigrants […]Continue Reading →
Last year, as I pondered a New Year’s resolution, I came to terms with the reality that my penchant for sugar was slowly and unhealthily increasing my weight and likely putting me at risk for diabetes. I resolved to limit my intake of sweet things—cookies, ice cream, cakes, pies, candy, soda, juices—to one per […]Continue Reading →
Today’s post focuses on the Top 5 blogs of 2011. We want to bring awareness not only to the issue of immigration, but ways you can engage and mobilize others where you live Take some time to consider ways you would like to be more engaged in this issue in 2012: below you will […]Continue Reading →
g92.org began a year ago with an idea. That idea was to inspire and mobilize young evangelicals to champion the rights of immigrants. With the help of friends and supporters who posted blogs to the site, we were able to bring awareness to current events in the debate on immigration, highlight the injustices families […]Continue Reading →
g92.org launched nearly a year ago. My work at World Relief, and our focus here at g92.org s has been primarily on informing and challenging evangelical Christians’ thinking about the topic of immigration. We believe immigration presents a missional opportunity, a divinely-ordained chance to be faithful to God’s commands to love our neighbor, […]Continue Reading →
Guest Blog by: Adam Gustine This question has been gnawing at me for days now. Sitting in a crowded little room on Tuesday night, I listened as Daniel recounted his story of working to end human trafficking, particularly in the commercial sex industry. It was his question “what does it mean to know […]Continue Reading →
