God's Politics Blog » Families http://blog.sojo.net A Blog by Jim Wallis and Friends Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:29:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 New Momentum for Immigration Reform http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/17/new-momentum-for-immigration-reform/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/17/new-momentum-for-immigration-reform/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:00:30 +0000 Justin Fung http://blog.sojo.net/?p=13444 091116-immigrationLast week, Janet Napolitano delivered her first speech on immigration reform in her capacity as the Secretary of Homeland Security. While she denied that it marked the official beginning of the Obama Administration’s push for immigration reform — “it actually began…

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]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/10/21/national-association-of-evangelicals-provides-moral-model-on-immigration-reform/feed/ 24 ‘You Shall Not Oppress an Immigrant’ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/10/16/you-shall-not-oppress-an-immigrant/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/10/16/you-shall-not-oppress-an-immigrant/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:50:14 +0000 Anne Dunlap http://blog.sojo.net/?p=12568 These remarks were presented on October 13, 2009 at a press conference in Aurora, CO urging Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) to take a public stand in favor of comprehensive immigration reform. The event was one of hundreds of actions across…

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]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/10/08/scripture-and-history-remind-us-that-we-are-all-immigrants/feed/ 16 Notorious Arizona Sheriff has Federal Immigration Enforcement Role Revoked http://blog.sojo.net/2009/10/08/notorious-arizona-sheriff-has-federal-immigration-enforcement-role-revoked/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/10/08/notorious-arizona-sheriff-has-federal-immigration-enforcement-role-revoked/#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:30:17 +0000 Ian Danley http://blog.sojo.net/?p=12264 Living in Maricopa County, Arizona,  we are used to seeing our Sheriff, Joe Arpaio, in the headlines, even national ones.  Staying in the public purview seems to be a large part of his perceived duties as our county’s top law…

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They [the government] will say…

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