Rev. Gradye Parsons, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) joined the Interfaith Immigration Coalition in their letter-a-day campaign to urge the House to take action on a just and comprehensive immigration reform. The letter will be delivered on November 4th. Please take a moment to review the letter and then call your Representative and urge them to take action this year on comprehensive immigration reform. Find out who represents you at www.house.gov and use the box in the upper right hand corner of the screen.
Read this spiritual reflection on immigration and Christianity by Presbyterian pastor, Rev. Juan-Daniel Espitia. Rev. Espitia was born in Mexico City and currently serves as the Associate Pastor at Solana Beach Presbyterian Church. He has been working with immigrants on both sides of the border for 28 years. In addition to being a teaching elder, he is a Licensed mental health clinician but above all, he is a sinner repented saved by grace, attempting to learn what does it mean to be a follower of Christ.
Step 1 -Determine who will be on the Taskforce
Step 2 - Discover how immigration has impacted your presbytery
Step 3 - Focus your Taskforce on a few core issues
Step 4 - Educate
Step 5 - Advocate
Step 6 - Serve
Step 7 - Inform
Step 8 - Stay Entergized
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For an overview of immigration issues, download this informational PowerPoint slideshow (updated February 2010).
Current US immigration policy is complicated and governmental departments face a backlog of applications upwards of 5 to 7 years. If a foreign born person wishes to come to the US to work and live there are only a few ways he/she can obtain the necessary visa: obtain refugee/asylum status; win one of only 50,000 visas available each year in the US sponsored "lottery" (in 2009 9.1 million qualified applications were received for the lottery); or have a sponsor that is either employment or family based. While this sounds reasonable the parameters around these options are quite restricted. Since the …
This resolution contains both a Biblical and theological foundation and a set of recommendations for a more participatory and fair electoral process in the United States. This resolution affirms the extension of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, and 0pposes all measures that would disenfranchise voters on the basis of race or other condition.