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ELCA Council Approves Social Policy Resolution on Immigration
ELCA Council Approves Social Policy Resolution on Immigration
November 16, 2009 ELCA Council Approves Social Policy Resolution on Immigration 09-259-JB CHICAGO (ELCA) -- In response to a need for specific policy language to address current immigration matters, the Church Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) approved a social policy resolution on immigration Nov. 14. The resolution, "Toward Compassionate, Just and Wise Immigration Reform," addresses family and workplace issues, enforcement of immigration laws, protection of refugees and forced migration. The council is the ELCA's board of directors and serves as the legislative authority of the church between churchwide assemblies. The council met here Nov. 13-15. Assemblies are held every other year; the next is in 2011 in Orlando, Fla. Social policy resolutions address particular matters of social concern. The resolution supplements a 1998 ELCA message on immigration and provides policy specifics, said the Rev. Roger A. Willer, director, Department for Studies, ELCA Church in Society. "The ELCA has a long history of helping immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers settle in the United States, and supporting fair and generous immigration policies," the resolution said. "Social conditions and historical events in this decade call for renewed attention to immigration." http://www.wfn.org/2009/11/msg00107.html |
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They're really starting up the engines to push amnesty. We really can't doddle, and must start hitting the streets and other efforts to combat this push.
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