Diversity Awareness, Hate Crimes & Violence Resources

Immigration Issues/Comprehensive Immigration Reform:

Hernandez, Juan.  The New American Pioneers:  Why Are We Afraid of Mexican Immigrants?  Lanham, Maryland:  Pneuma Life Publishing, 2006.

Massey, Douglas S., Ph.D. “Five Myths About Immigration:  Common Misconceptions Underlying U.S. Border-Enforcement Policy.”  Immigration Policy In Focus, Volume 4, Issue 6, August 2005, Washington, DC:  American Immigration Law Foundation, 2005.  (This publication, along with several other good publications, is available at the American Immigration Law Foundation’s Immigration Policy Center.)

Massey, Douglas S., Jorge Durand, and Nolan J. Malone.  Beyond Smoke and Mirrors:  Mexican Immigration in an Era of Economic Integration.  New York:  Russell Sage Foundation, 2002.

 

American Immigration Lawyers Association:  Immigration Law & You

Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.

Immigration Law Center on the Internet

National Immigration Forum

Siskind & Susser Immigration Law Website

Tennessee Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition

Information and Faith Perspectives on Immigration Reform:

American Friends Service Committee: Learn About Immigrants’ Rights

Latin America Working Group

Mennonite Central Committee Washington Office

National Council of La Raza

New American Opportunity Campaign

No More Deaths Campaign

Sojourners: What’s at Stake? and Welcoming the Stranger: Christians and Immigration Discussion Guide (view contents here; purchase here)

Southern Poverty Law Center

United Methodist General Board of Church and Society: Respond with Faith to Immigration Study Guide

United Methodist Hispanic Ministries of North Alabama

U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops: Strangers No Longer: Together on the Journey of Hope

World Relief: Support Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Studies on U.S. Immigration:

National Academy of Sciences

                   

Join the Immigrant Justice Action Network:

Justice for Immigrants

Justicia para los Inmigrantes 

Alabama Faith Council — P. O. Box 2113, Birmingham AL 35202 — Tel. 205-226-0800

Immigration Reform

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