Lilia Fernandez of UMCOR helps readers understand the new laws that affect immigrants in the United States. Today's headlines are full
of stories in which immigrants receive no fair hearing; families are
split apart, with some members deported; visas are denied; and assumptions
are made by officers at the border.
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Two Haitian children wait as the United States decides whether or not to grant Haitian asylum-seekers a special exemption from deportation. |
These laws may affect your friends, family, or neighbors. They've already affected some of ours. They also affect you because they limit the powers of the federal courts, unbalancing the balance of powers in the US Constitution.
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A comprehensive booklet, The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 is available from:
Lilia Fernandez |
Photo by Lilia Fernandez. All photographs, unless otherwise noted, are copyright © The General Board of Global Ministries, The United Methodist Church and courtesy, New World Outlook magazine.
Dr. Randolph Nugent, General Secretary of the GBGM, surveys the kind
of mission movement needed today, while spotlighting the work of UMCOR
in Bosnia and Congo (the former Zaire).
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