Clergy leading call for humane immigrant laws

Posted on: April 2nd, 2006
Filed Under: [ Hispanic News ] [ Immigration ] [ Religion ]
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“In the boiling congressional debate over the future of 12 million undocumented immigrants, a new, critical player has emerged to reshape the arguments and the issue: the nation’s churches and religious leaders.

Religious groups, led by the Roman Catholic Church, have joined business, labor and immigrant advocacy groups to galvanize surprisingly widespread support for protecting the rights of undocumented immigrants. Already, their efforts — punctuated by national rallies, hunger strikes and walkouts — have undercut an effort to criminalize illegal immigration.”

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