Fr. Kammer Addressess 2012 Ignatian Family Teach-In on Immigration Reform
Immigration Reform: Scriptural and Theological Foundations
Transcription from November 17, 2012 by Fred Kammer, SJ at the Ignatian Family Teach-In in Washington D.C.
The ‘Latino Giant' awakes and chooses Obama
An analysis of the 2012 Latino vote
By Sue Weishar, Ph.D.
“Impossible Subjects” with Impossible Choices
New hope comes into a world of impossibility
By Sue Weishar, Ph.D.
Hope Abounds for Undocumented Youth
Update on Obama Executive Action for Undocumented Youth
By Sue Weishar, Ph.D.
On August 15 the Department of Homeland Security began taking applications for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), an initiative of the Obama Administration that provides a two year grant of reprieve from deportation, as well as work authorization, for unauthorized immigrants who entered the U.S. as children. DACA applicants must demonstrate they meet the following criteria:
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Entered the U.S. before the age of 16;
The Dynamism of Catholic Social Teaching in the Pursuit of the Common Good
A Framework for Faithful Citizenship
Alex Mikulich, Ph.D.
Who Cares about the Broken World?
Celebrating The Church in the Modern World
by Fred Kammer, SJ
On October 11, 2012, we observed the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council—an event in Church and world history that is unprecedented in many ways. It was the largest and longest meeting ever held—over 2,000 bishops, cardinals, and other prelates meeting for four months every fall over the course of four years. Moreover, the tone and texture of its documents were like nothing before and have shaped public discourse in the Church ever since.
JSRI is co-sponsoring Human Trafficking Conference October 24th and 27th
JSRI is helping to organize a conference on human trafficking for October 24 and 27 at Loyola Univeristy New Orleans: Preventing Human Trafficking at the Super Bowl and Beyond: A Conference to Mobilize the New Orleans Community to Prevent and End Trafficking. Conference information and required pre-registration (space in limited!) is found here.
Southern Poverty Law Center sues Alabama over school immigration records
On October 9, 2012, The Southern Poverty Law Center filed a lawsuit against the Alabama State Department of Education, saying it refused to release school data showing the impact the state's immigration law--HB56--has had on Latino students' access to a public education. The SPLC requested data on student enrollment for kindergarten-through-12th grade students enrolled in Alabama's public schools before and after the immigration law was enacted. See press report here.
New report issued on unaccompanied minors from Central America to the U.S.
The Women’s Refugee Commission has written a new report on unaccompanied minors from Central America to the U.S.:Forced from Home: The Lost Boys and Girls Central America. The report can be found here.
New report on reforming H-2B guestworker program
See recent report on reforming the H-2B guestworker program, by the Dickenson School of Law at Penn State and the National Guestworker Alliance, headquartered in New Orleans here.