The American Faith Community and a Just Integration Strategy
Charles Olmeda Wednesday, 16 February 2011
Who has the power and carries the moral authority to reconcile our nation and present a viable solution to the immigration reform debate? The faith community.
Embedded within the fabric of the American faith community is a clarion call and a prophetic supplication for national unity accompanied by an alignment of our core values. These values include security and compassion, the rule of law, the welcoming of the stranger, and both mercy and justice. Accordingly, the lack of passage of Comprehensive Immigration Reform legislation has created a reality where our borders are yet to be fully secured and immigrant families—and the entire Hispanic American community—face racial profiling, discrimination, and a hostile ethnically polarized environment not seen since the days prior to the successes of the Civil Rights movement. This is not a political issue but rather a moral and spiritual imperative. It is an issue of justice firmly grounded on eternal truth.
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