Greg Erlandson is the president and publisher of Our Sunday Visitor. They did it again. They distracted us with all their talk of illegal immigrants stealing our jobs and draining our resources. They told us how we had to put up barriers, distrust anyone who wasn’t American. They made us suspicious of others, just the… continue reading
An Inside Job: Our Best and Brightest, Not Illegals, Pushed Us To the Brink of Financial Disaster
December 1, 2008 by
Bishop Tobin Calls for Conscientious Objection for Immigration Agents
December 1, 2008 by
(PROVIDENCE, R.I.)-The Most Rev. Thomas J. Tobin, Bishop of Providence and 15 pastors who serve the state’s diverse immigrant community have urged Stephen Farquharson , Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE), Boston Regional Office, to declare a moratorium on immigration raids in Rhode Island. The clergy also encouraged ICE to allow agents to excuse themselves from… continue reading
Archbishop Gomez: Cruel Vindictive Immigration Laws Undermine Rule of Law
December 1, 2008 by
JEFFERSON CITY, MO. On October 8, 2008 the Catholic News Agency reported that San Antonio Archbishop José H. Gomez, the senior Hispanic member of the United States’ Catholic hierarchy, called for a moratorium on deportations, federal work site raids, and new anti-immigration legislation. Addressing a rally at the Missouri State Capitol, Archbishop Gomez said he… continue reading
NAFTA Key to Immigration Problems in the United States
June 1, 2008 by
Dawn McCarty teaches at the University of Houston-Downtown. “Illegal” immigration has become a hot-button political topic, but one aspect of the issue is rarely discussed: what happens to the families left behind in Mexico when the husband/father (and increasingly, the mother) immigrates to the United States? To find out, I traveled to 15 different communities… continue reading
The Most Dangerous Journey in the World
June 1, 2008 by
The man’s voice on the phone asked for help. He was very tired, having walked the 90 miles from Livingston, Texas, to Houston. When he was arrested he did not have his permanent residency card with him. He had been jailed for three months for an “immigration violation” and when released was put out on… continue reading
Many Profit from Immigrants’ Misery: Imprisoning Immigrants in Private Prisons and County Jails
June 1, 2008 by
From National Geographic to The New Yorker , more and more publications are featuring stories about immigrants coming to the United States, putting a human face on a group of people which are being demonized and dehumanized by our government’s current policies. The New Yorker article (Margaret Talbot, “The Lost Children: What Do Tougher Detention Policies Mean… continue reading
May 1 March for Immigrants in Houston – Most of the Press Got It Wrong
May 1, 2008 by
The march for human rights for immigrants and in favor of comprehensive immigration reform took place on May 1, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. in Houston. The march drew almost 300 people from various groups. A handful of people against immigrants showed up to shout and attack with mega bull horns starting an hour before the… continue reading
Endgame for Millions of Immigrants
April 1, 2008 by
A local Catholic businessman, concerned about passage of immigration reform told us recently, “At least we have the consolation that it is not possible to deport 12 million people undocumented people. A solution for comprehensive immigration reform must be found, it will be found.” Unknown to us all, the administration began to deport the 12… continue reading
Immigration and the Law
April 1, 2008 by
We should never forget that everything Adolf Hitler did in Germany was “legal” and everything the Hungarian freedom fighters did in Hungary was “illegal.” — Martin Luther King, Jr. Sister Fran Wilhelm is an Ursuline Sister of Mount St. Joseph, Maple Mount, Kentucky. What a plethora of opinions exploded at the time of the attempt… continue reading
Guest Worker is not the Answer for Exploited and Displaced Workers
April 1, 2008 by
It would be a terrible thing if, in the name of immigration reform, a “guest worker” program were to be imple-mented that would include few protections for imported workers who would be transient, working no more than six years, with no path to residency, with workers tied to one employer, without legal representation, and without… continue reading
