DownloadArticles : Immigration
Sept. 6 issue
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Phoenix boycott?
If Mennonite Church USA boycotts the state of Arizona, does consistency demand it boycott all U.S. states? Numerous features of the Arizona law are already federal law. If the law is offensive at the state level, is it not at the federal level also?
Aug. 23 issue
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Adding to injustice
I can empathize with calls for a boycott of Arizona due to the recent immigration law. Indeed, my own response was practically retributive: If Arizona devalues the rights of immigrants, then let us collectively devalue its economy. I have friends, neighbors and clients who have already been directly affected by the law, so I, too, joined those proposing a boycott of the state.
Aug. 9 issue
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MC USA to proceed with visit to Phoenix after judge’s decision
After a federal judge blocked controversial elements of Arizona’s immigration law, Mennonite Church USA is still weighing whether to hold its 2013 convention in that city and will send a delegation there this month.
Aug. 2 issue
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The troubling law next door
My husband and I are not certain we want to travel next door to Arizona anymore.
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EMU grad speaks up for undocumented students
HARRISONBURG, Va. — For years, Isabel Castillo lived in the shadows in Harrisonburg.
July 19 issue
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MC USA considers moving Arizona convention
Mennonite Church USA is wondering if it should stay or it should go.
May 24 issue
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A test of support for immigrants
Since Scripture calls us to welcome the alien, can we worship in a place where immigrants feel unwelcome? That is a question Mennonite Church USA leaders need to decide this year. They are asking for advice from across the church.
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Burden of neighbors in need
Since Arizona mandated that police question and detain people who might be undocumented immigrants, I’ve questioned myself — and my surrounding culture — for portraying human issues with a simplistic either-or mentality.
May 17 issue
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MC USA: Arizona law ‘not welcoming’ for 2013 convention
The location for Mennonite Church USA’s 2013 convention — Phoenix — is being called into question because of a new Arizona immigration law.
May 10 issue
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Immigrant advocates act for reform, speak against Arizona law
Churches organized vigils May 1-2 to support U.S. immigration reform and oppose a new law in Arizona aimed at prosecuting undocumented immigrants.
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