immigration – Page 2 – Confluence Daily

Reading Time: 4 minutes Here’s a basic question we often come across: why can’t undocumented immigrants just “get in line”, “get legal”, “get right with the law” — i.e. obtain the legalization and citizenship that would allow them to become full-fledged Americans and protect them from deportation?

The short answer is: they can’t.

Informed

May 28, 2018 Confluence

PLEASE STOP SHARING THAT STORY ABOUT 1500 KIDS MISSING

Reading Time: 5 minutes So those kids are released and then they are no longer ORRs responsibility or problem. THIS IS A GOOD THING.

One analogy I heard from my dear friend who I won’t tag without her permission, is that ORR is basically a jailer. Do you want the jail keeping track of where every former inmate is?

Engage

February 25, 2018 Confluence

Don’t Get Your Undocumented Friends in Trouble: A How-To

Reading Time: 8 minutes We should not let fear and paranoia paralyze us from action or lead us to engage in patronizing behaviors, but we also should not treat the movement to protect the safety and dignity of our undocumented friends and family without the precaution and respect they deserve.