Rick Perry… If people have no health insurance, should we just let them die?
Immigration… let them die?
The migrant experience is such that they always feel homesick at home.
We think about the presence and absence of God. My process theology views don’t work that way.
The women from Chilpancingo are like Mary, watching their children crucified by an unjust system. We re-crucify God when we ignore humanity’s pain.
Comfort in discomfort. Jesus’ ministry gives us comfort, but Jesus’ ministry was also to make us feel uncomfortable. The discomfort that we feel is God working within us. Jesus wanted us to give up our comforts, which I think extends to our spiritual comfort. Our spiritual discomfort is important and challenges us to strive for justice.
Perhaps we should feel comfortable with our discomfort.
Lee: “I know what is right and this is not right.”
Still small voice.
We had a meeting with Dan Romero, a retired minister who now works as an immigration lawyer, all pro-bono.
Immigrants pay money into federal taxes more so than local taxes.
John F. Kennedy: A Nation of Immigrants
Two or three times, Latinos have been swept up and deported in waves throughout history.
Code words: “Illegal alien.” Illegal connotes criminal. Fact: being here illegally is not criminal in U.S. law. It’s a federal civil matter.
Judges in immigration are appointed by the justice department.
More immigration judges are women.
Refugees are legally entered and received.
Asylum = already here/at border. There is a quota.
The waiver process takes about a year and a half (if you want to be excused for the time here illegally and the 10 year penalty). However, you may not be granted the waiver. Three visits to the office are required.
What is fair?
We don’t have the right to horde the resources of the globe. We should be working on bridging the economic divide.
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