Statistics show that 40% – 50% of the undocumented population in the US came here with a visa, overstayed their visas and promptly slid into the shadows. I was one of them. Well, that was until two Immigration and Custom Enforcement agents caught up with me, dragged me out of the […]Continue Reading →
I am fresh off of an exhilarating weekend at The Justice Conference in Philadelphia, excited by the growing evangelical movement for justice. From throughout the country and the world, people gathered under the conviction that if we are to faithfully follow Jesus, we must seek justice. The Justice Conference is […]Continue Reading →
God calls members of the Christian faith and other faith traditions to welcome the stranger and visit the prisoner: what better way to answer God’s calls than to visit men and women in U.S. immigration detention? Right now, over 32,000 migrants remain isolated in immigration detention facilities because there is no legally […]Continue Reading →
Editor’s note: This blog is the fourth part of a series, “Migration, Trade and Brutality: A Journey through Mexico and Central America”, written by David Schmidt regarding his travels in Summer 2012. His first entry can be found here, and his second one here. The goal of this series is to educate […]Continue Reading →
Editor’s Update (May 2, 2013): G92 is joining other Christian organizations throughout the country in urging you to pray fervently over the next ninety-two days for immigration reform. Please commit to praying & sign up for weekly requests and reminders at www.pray4reform.org. Last week, I was asked to […]Continue Reading →
Jesus: I’m increasingly stunned how He came in the midst of the messiness and margins of humanity surrounded by the whispers of scandal. He was without welcome in His father’s home town, welcomed by the low-class shepherds and Gentile kings, the target of a male-child genocide. He was an “illegitimate child,” raised […]Continue Reading →
Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will hold its first hearing on immigration policy of the new Congress, signaling that leaders in the House may be as eager to address the topic as those in the Senate or the White House. For the last several years, Congress has done almost […]Continue Reading →
I always identified Tuscaloosa with “Roll Tide,” not the “Clergy Criminalization Act.” That changed when I spent two weeks in late 2011 working with the Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice. I traveled to Alabama to support the resident bishop of my denomination, who had joined three others in suing the […]Continue Reading →
There are a lot of reasons why I believe that immigrants are a blessing to local churches in the United States, but one of the most profound is this: immigrants can help us to better understand what it means to be a Christian. You see, my friend Daniel Carroll of Denver Seminary […]Continue Reading →
One of the stock arguments used by those against comprehensive immigration reform is that undocumented immigrants are a burden on national resources. Undocumented immigrants take “American” jobs, leach off the social welfare system, and drain tax dollars, they say. In other words, undocumented immigrants lower the national standard of living. First of all, […]Continue Reading →
