Is seeking sanctuary the answer for illegal immigrants?
Tagged: deportation
At a symposium on the immigration issue Tuesday at Loyola University Chicago’s law school, some speakers discussed the reasons why churches offer a place for illegal immigrants to escape deportation. The concept of sanctuary is centuries old.
“Faith communities think there are some laws that should not be enforced because they are unjust and broken laws,” said Jeanne Butterfield, executive director for the Washington, D.C.-based American Immigration Lawyers Association. “The whole faith-community idea of civil disobedience is reflected in that. Obviously [offering sanctuary] is not a solution, but it highlights the proble”*
*From: news.medill.northwestern.edu
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