Immigration Matters

  IMMIGRATION MATTERS: ASYLUM   Now after they had left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.” Then Joseph got up, took the child and his mother by night, and went to Egypt, and remained there until the death of Herod. – Matt. 2:13-15Now after they had left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.” Then Joseph got up, took the child and his mother by night, and went to Egypt, and remained there until the death of Herod. – Matt. 2:13-15 The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) defines asylum as a form of protection that allows noncitizens to remain in the United States instead of being deported to their home count...

For if you truly amend your ways and your doings, if you truly act justly one with another, if you do not oppress the alien, the orphan, and the widow, or shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not go after other gods to your own hurt, then I will dwell with you in this place, in the land that I gave of old to your ancestors forever and ever. Jeremiah 7:5-7 Immigration Sweeps are large-scale operations conducted by immigration authorities, like ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement.) The goal is to apprehend large numbers of undocumented immigrants at once either in workplaces, neighborhoods or public spaces. The incoming administration has claimed that this large-scale deportation plan will rid our country of dangerous criminals, making America safe again.  However, numerous studies show that undocumented immigration does not increase violent crime with most indicating that U.S. citizens commit crimes and are incarcerated at greater rates.   Sweeps are...