Border Visions and Immigration Reform
By Sue Weishar, Ph.D.
Migration theologian Fr. Daniel Groody suggests that the U.S.-Mexico border is more than an imaginary dividing line between two countries. Rather, a complex history and conflicting prerogatives have resulted in a border between “national security and human insecurity, sovereign rights and human rights, civil law and natural law, and citizenship and discipleship.” [1]
In Praise of Newcomers
By Alex Mikulich, Ph.D.
A major criticism leveled against recent newcomers to the United States is that they are “takers” creating an economic drain on the nation. Not only are they takers, critics lament, but also categorically “illegal,” echoing past racist associations of criminality with African-Americans and many other people of color.
Let Us Count the Reasons…
Why Support the Senate’s Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill
By Sue Weishar, Ph.D.
There are many good reasons to support the comprehensive immigration reform bill, S. 744, introduced by a bi-partisan group of Senators (the Gang of Eight) April 16 and voted out of the Senate with strong bi-partisan support (68 to 32) on June 27.
¿Personas desechables? Reflexión jesuita sobre la migración en el siglo 21
By Tom Greene, SJ
New Hope for Immigrants
A Way Forward for Immigration Reform
By Sue Weishar, Ph.D.
Immigration Reform in Retrospect
Lessons Learned, Lives Changed
By Sue Weishar, Ph.D.
Refining the Numbers
New Estimates of Unauthorized Immigrants in the U.S.
by Sue Weishar, Ph.D.
As the movement for comprehensive immigration gains momentum, it is important for advocates to have the most accurate data possible on the number of unauthorized immigrants in their respective states and the U.S as a whole. A new report published in the International Migration Review, by Robert Warren and John Robert Warren, provides such information.
Strangers No Longer
Catholic Teachings on Immigration Reform
by Sue Weishar, Ph.D.
Immigration Change to Ease Family Separations
On January 2, the Obama administration announced a rule change to allow undocumented immigrant spouses and children of U.S. citizens who entered the country without inspection to stay in the country while they ask the government to waive three- or ten-year bans on returning to the United States. Immigrants who get the waiver will still need to leave the country to complete visa paperwork, but will be able to leave without fear of being barred from returning for three or ten years. The rule, first proposed last year, goes into effect in March.
Reform of Guestworker Program Thwarted
By Sue Weishar, Ph.D.