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The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform

The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform. ARCHDIOCESE OF NEWARK. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform. What is the Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform?. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform.

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The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform

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  1. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform ARCHDIOCESE OF NEWARK

  2. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform • What is the Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform?

  3. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform • What led the bishops to make immigration reform a major public policy priority?

  4. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform • Why did the bishops think a national campaign was needed?

  5. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform What are some of the facts? • More than 34 million foreign-born persons reside in the United States • 23 million newcomers have arrived over the past two decades • The undocumented population is estimated to be between 10 and 11 million people • Immigration policies have kept families apart for long periods • More than 2,000 people have died attempting to enter the country over the past five years

  6. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform • What immigration reform criteria did the bishops develop?

  7. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform • A broad based legalization (permanent residency) of the undocumented of all nationalities

  8. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform • Reform of our family-based immigration system to allow family members to reunite with loved ones in the United States

  9. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform • Reform of the employment-based immigration system to provide legal pathways for migrants to come and work in a safe, humane, and orderly manner

  10. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform • Restoration of due process protections for immigrants

  11. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform • What are the Goals of the Campaign?

  12. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform • To educate the public, especially the Catholic community, about Church teaching on migration and immigrants

  13. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform • To create political will for positive immigration reform

  14. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform • To enact legislative and administrative reforms based on the principles articulated by the bishops

  15. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform • To organize Catholic and other community networks to assist qualified immigrants to obtain the benefits of the reforms

  16. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform • Who Supports the Campaign? • A broad coalition of national and local Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Islamic and other religious organizations

  17. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform • Who is involved with the local Campaign?

  18. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform • What do Scripture and the Church teach about migration?

  19. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform • Old Testament • Exodus 23:9 • Deuteronomy 10:18-19 • Leviticus 19:33-34

  20. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform • New Testament • Matthew 25:34-36 • Hebrews 13:1-3

  21. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform • Principles of Catholic Social Teaching Pertaining to Migration

  22. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform • Persons have the right to find opportunities in their homeland

  23. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform • Persons have the right to migrate to support themselves and their families

  24. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform • Sovereign nations have the right to control their borders

  25. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform • Refugees and asylum seekers should be afforded protection

  26. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform • The human dignity and human rights of migrants should be respected

  27. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform • Why does the Church care about immigration?

  28. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform • Why does the Church care about immigration policies?

  29. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform • Does the Church support illegal immigration?

  30. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform • Does the Church support amnesty?

  31. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform • Response to undocumented immigration

  32. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform • Argument: Illegal immigrants broke the law. They should not be rewarded by being allowed to stay.

  33. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform • Argument: My relatives (grandfather, great-grandfather, etc.) came here legally and so should these new immigrants.

  34. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform • Argument: Providing legal status to undocumented immigrants will penalize immigrants who play by the rules and wait in line.

  35. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform • What are the economics of immigration?

  36. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform • Often heard arguments: • Immigrants take jobs away from U.S. citizens.

  37. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform • Immigrant workers depress wages and thus make jobs less attractive to native-born workers.

  38. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform • Immigrants use more public resources than they contribute to the economy; thus, represent a burden to U.S. taxpayers.

  39. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform • Immigrants come here to take welfare

  40. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform • Immigrants don’t pay taxes

  41. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform • Immigrants send all their money back to their home countries

  42. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform • Immigrants are a drain on the U.S. economy

  43. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform • Immigrants don’t want to learn English or become Americans

  44. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform • What about security concerns? • Don’t the millions of illegals in this country pose a potential security threat?  Shouldn’t we deport them?

  45. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform • Our nation is in a war on terrorism; shouldn’t we be sealing our borders entirely?

  46. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform • Can the war on terrorism can be won through immigration restrictions?

  47. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform • Hasn’t weak U.S. border enforcement led to high undocumented immigration?

  48. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform • Don’t most immigrants cross the border illegally?

  49. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform Is there already specific legislation the U.S. bishops support? • The Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act of 2005 (S. 1033 and H.R. 2330)  • The legislation contains most elements of all four reform principles articulated by the bishops. 

  50. The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform • How will the Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act help fix the broken immigration system, curb unauthorized immigration, and end the high number of deaths in the desert?

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