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Immigration is many voters’ top issue, but these swing-state churches say it’s not politics
Politics tamfitronics MADISON, Wis. (RNS) — When Toni Swandby and her husband Mark decided to host Ngwa Augustine, a recent immigrant to Wisconsin from Cameroon, the couple opened not just their home to him, but their congregation at Midvale Community Lutheran Church.“Not only did the Holy Spirit lead me very specifically to say ‘yes’ to this young man from Cameroon,” Swandby said, “but the Spirit has guided our congregation to see people differently than ‘other.’”Midvale pastor the Rev. Katie Baardseth said that after the congregation met Augustine, it fell in love with supporting immigration-related ministries.Since welcoming Augustine, the church has hosted a family from Ukraine and another from Colombia, both currently living next door to the church in a...
On Immigration, Christian Voters Face Their Biggest Test Yet
Top Stories Tamfitronics If the United States stands for religious freedom, then it should not be blocking refugees fleeing persecution from entering the country, a group of Christian organizations said this week.While more Christians are trying to escape violent persecution for their faith around the world, the groups said the Biden administration's effective asylum ban and former President Donald Trump's hint that he would end a refugee resettlement program both had consequences.Shortly before the report from World Relief and Open Doors U.S., over 200 faith leaders wrote an open letter to both presidential candidates, asking for them to apply biblical principles to their immigration policies."We can't profess to defend international religious freedom while simultaneously closing the doors to those facing persecution on account of their faith," Chelsea Sobolik, director of global relations at World...
How Immigration Became a Lightning Rod in American Politics
Politics tamfitronics Feature / September 25, 2024Anti-immigrant think tanks and advocacy groups operated on the margins until Trump became president. Now they have molded not only the GOP but also Democrats in their image.Photomontage by The Nation.On one of his few lucid moments during the only debate of the 2024 election cycle between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, the sitting president suggested he would be tougher on the border than his predecessor, blaming the former president for the demise of a “bipartisan border deal” that would have boosted the Border Patrol’s funding and significantly reduced access to asylum. Biden and top congressional Democrats had spent months negotiating its provisions, granting more and more concessions to conservatives in the hopes that they’d stop claiming that Biden had lost control of the southern border. But “when...
Immigration minister signals big changes to permanent resident numbers in upcoming Levels Plan
Top Stories Tamfitronics Published: August 28, 2024In an interview with CTV News on August 26, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Marc Miller announced that he was considering changes to permanent immigration levels to Canada.Specifically, Miller stated that he was “looking at a number of options” to address permanent immigration into the country and that any upcoming changes to immigration levels would be “significant” and not simply “cosmetic”. When asked to elaborate on what “significant” changes could entail, the Minister responded that “all options are on the table”.Minister Miller said that in the upcoming Immigration Levels Plan, there will be “considerations about whether we reduce what type of immigration we are supporting,” citing that 60% of immigration levels are dedicated to economic immigrants, a level the Minister believes is “unprecedented” with comparable countries to Canada.However,...
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