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Asian Americans and the Immigration Debate
What do Asian Americans have to say on the immigration debate now raging? Immigration policies have shaped the Asian American experience since the 1800s by restricting immigration, occasionally encouraging selective immigration, and defining what it is to be Asian American. Currently 13% of all undocumented immigrants are Asian. Many immigrants face long waits for papers, restrictive fees, and deportation. How do we as Christians respond to the current crisis in legislation?
Workshop PowerPoint (PPT file)
Bill Ong Hing
Hing's books on immigration offer the most comprehensive look at Asian Americans and immigration. His books include Making and Remaking Asian America through Immigration Policy, To Be an American: Cultural Pluralism and the Rhetoric of Assimilation, Defining America Through Immigration Policy, and Deporting Our Souls: Values, Morality, and Immigration Policy.
Interfaith Worker Justice
Recognizing the desire of many in the religious community to become engaged in the ongoing debate on our nation's current immigration policy, Interfaith Worker Justice (IWJ) has created a comprehensive educational resource for use in congregations of all traditions. Developed in 2007, For You Were Once a Stranger: Immigration in the U.S. Through the Lens of Faith is a comprehensive immigration toolkit that helps people of faith reflect on what their religious traditions say about immigrations and engage in meaningful action for creating a just and humane immigration program.IWJ calls upon our religious values in order to educate, organize, and mobilize the religious community in the U.S. on issues and campaigns that will improve wages, benefits, and working conditions for workers, especially low-wage workers.
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