LISTEN TO THE CHILDREN – Conversations with Immigrant Families

 Posted by Porter Corn on 2011/03/01  No Responses »
Mar 012011
 
LISTEN TO THE CHILDREN - Conversations with Immigrant Families

At a time when the immigration debate is raging, and elements of the nativist fringe in this country are doing their best to portray immigrants from Mexico and Central America as sub human criminals and worse, a book came across my desk that puts a human face on the unndocumented in this country. And it is a book both timely and very relevant to the times LISTEN TO THE CHILDREN or ESCUCHEMOS A LOS NINOS is a book written by Elizabeth Conde-Frazier who is the Dean of Esperanza College of Eastern University in Philadelphia Pennsylvania who has been ministering to the needs of the Hispanic Community most of her life. She is intimately familiar with the trauma of transition that MORE

Utah Compact: Principles to Guide Immigration Discussion

 Posted by Porter Corn on 2010/11/13  61 Responses »
Nov 132010
 
Utah Compact: Principles to Guide Immigration Discussion

An historic signing on immigration reform took place Thursday in the Utah State Capitol courtyard. Representatives from corporations and businesses, state and city governments, community organizations and faiths stepped forward to lend support to what’s titled “The Utah Compact.” They’ve been working for several months to draft a statement to influence the tone of the discussion on the immigration issue. This is further proof emerging to the the fact that more Americans support a rational discussion on the issue of immigration reform than those who advocate a draconian agenda of family separation and wholesale deportations. The UTAH COMPACT, which should be the cornerstone of principles of national debate on the contentious issue of immigration reform states: THE UTAH COMPACT

Navarrette – Keep ugliness out of immigration debate

 Posted by on 2009/12/14  6 Responses »
Dec 142009
 
Navarrette - Keep ugliness out of immigration debate

San Diego, California (CNN) — ‘Tis the season of peace on Earth and good will toward men. Yet you wouldn’t know it from the screed from the conservative radio talk show host who recently charged into the immigration debate with gums flapping. He called for a crackdown on illegal immigration but also a wholesale tightening of immigration policy so we admit fewer legal immigrants as well. The radio talker was half-right. Americans must get serious about stopping illegal immigration, mostly by doing something we never seem to do with much enthusiasm: punish employers. But legal immigration shouldn’t be dragged into the mix. Legal immigrants — with their energy, passion and optimism — have always been this country’s most valuable import. MORE