Just and Compassionate Immigration Reform

Now is the time to contact your congressional delegation in Washington in support of just and compassionate immigration reform.
 The U.S. Catholic bishops have summarized the social justice  principles that directly affect this issue and request  that we urge  the 113thCongress to support immigration reform that
• Provides a path to citizenship for undocumented persons in the country
• Preserves family unity as a corner-stone of our national immigration system
• Provides legal paths for low-skilled immigrant workers to come and work in the United States
• Restores due process protections to our immigration enforcement policies
• Addresses the root causes (push factors) of migration, such as persecution and economic disparity.
Postcards to Congress listing these principles  and calling for their support  are available at Nativity  at  the northeast entrance to the church and in the Fireside Room.  They now require  $.33 postage.

Please go to  http://justiceforimmigrants.org for more information and to sign postcards online.  Help to  follow our biblical directive to “Welcome the stranger” and to give hope for a better life  for our brothers and sisters in Christ.