No matter where you sit on the immigration debate, it’s hard not to be moved by what happened to little Adam, an 8-year-old Jewish boy from the San Fernando Valley who watched his father being taken away on the morning of Oct. 18.
At 2 p.m. on a recent Wednesday, Amelia Barnachea waited in a copy shop in downtown Los Angeles, shifting her weight from one foot to the other. \”I\’m exercising,\” the diminutive Filipina-American home health aide explained, looking very spry for her 72 years.
Family is the foundation of American society, and united families strengthen us as individuals and as communities. Tragically, many immigrant families remain separated for years — often decades — because of our severely broken immigration system. Bureaucratic visa delays can go on for more than 20 years before a relative can enter the United States legally.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told a Jewish conference that the country\’s immigration system is broken.
Israel attempted to deport 25 Eritrean asylum seekers in violation of international conventions, according to an Israeli NGO supporting the rights of migrants.
Canada placed Israel on a list of \”safe\” countries whose citizens are unlikely to seek asylum as refugees.
Think immigration through — again. Forget about gay marriage. And for heaven’s sake, when it comes to rape, shut up!
The Mormon Church doesn’t endorse candidates or political parties, and although most American Mormons are Republicans, a Mormon Democrat has served as the Senate Majority Leader for the last five years. Owing to our history of persecution and emphasis on self-reliance, there is also a noteworthy group of Mormons with libertarian sympathies who do not easily identify with either party.
It has been suggested that the purpose of a college education is to ease the transition into adulthood. After several decades teaching college-age students, I would agree, only substituting delay and prevent for ease.
Most Jewish groups who have weighed in on Arizona\’s controversial immigration law saw progress in the U.S. Supreme Court\’s ruling to repeal three of the law\’s four parts, but had concerns that law enforcement officials would still be allowed to check the legal immigration status of people they detain.
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