Guest Blog by: Joel Perez Introduction: Many of us are familiar with the national political debate surrounding immigration reform. These debates spill over into many of the communities in which our institutions reside. In addition, this issue is salient for us in private Christian colleges, because some of our institutions have decided to admit […]Continue Reading →
Guest Blog by David Swanson Does anyone keep the Sabbath anymore? I’ve come to the conclusion that the fourth commandment the most ignored of the Ten Commandments. If we did keep Sabbath, I wonder how our thoughts about our undocumented neighbors might change. The Old Testament books of Exodus and Deuteronomy each contain […]Continue Reading →
Alabama made headlines last week by becoming the most recent state to pass a tough immigration law that supporters hope will drive undocumented immigrants out of the state. The bill, which one of sponsors called “an Arizona bill with an Alabama twist,” actually goes well beyond the scope of the controversial SB 1070 […]Continue Reading →
Editor’s Note: Read “No More Strangers Part I” here Guest Blog by David Park Six days in jail. $11,300 and counting to post bond and retain an immigration lawyer. Hours upon hours of waiting. Dozens of phone calls with no straight answers. Miles of driving around the city and paying collectively about $100 […]Continue Reading →
Guest Blog by David Park In my home state of Georgia last week, the governor signed House Bill 87 or the Illegal Immigration Reform and Enforcement Act of 2011, and I have such mixed emotions about it. My emotions got a little more complicated yesterday. Every few weeks, a Brazilian couple comes over to […]Continue Reading →
A story in the New York Times late last week highlighted an interesting phenomenon: in Arizona, where more than 70,000 acres of national forest have been burned by a wildfire, many are certain that undocumented immigrants are to blame. In fact, the rumor has spread as quickly as the wildfire that an […]Continue Reading →
Guest Blog by Claudia Vazquez Secrets can be good and bad. For many years, I never shared more than what was needed. One never shared or talked about one’s legal status, how we got to the States, or even where we were born. It was as if everyone knew, but no one dared ask. […]Continue Reading →
Guest Blog by Dr. Carl Ruby I’m a lifelong Republican working at a conservative evangelical university. Voted for Reagan. Voted for Bush. Voted for Dole. Voted for Bush again – twice. Voted for Mc… okay, so I didn’t vote for McCain, let’s not go there. My issues are supposed to be low taxes, strong […]Continue Reading →
Next spring, I’ll be speaking for the second consecutive year on the topic of immigration at The Justice Conference, joined by other Christian justice advocates like Francis Chan, Walter Brueggemann, Miroslav Volf, and Lynne Hybels. Increasingly, I’ve noticed evangelicals grounding their concern for immigrants in an appeal to justice, with a sensitivity […]Continue Reading →
Guest Blog by Chris Liu-Beers The questions surrounding immigration policy have sparked an intense debate across the United States, including in North Carolina, where I live and work. Society remains divided on specific policies, but we also remain divided about some of the even bigger questions. For example, what does it mean to be […]Continue Reading →
