Category Archives: English
The Rise and Fall of Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Was comprehensive immigration reform really the ultimate way to stick up for immigrants? Who caused its collapse? Is it true, as supporters warned, that nothing could be worse than the failure to pass reform? Or could it be, as opponents claimed, that nothing would have been more dangerous? In the absence of reform to immigration policy, what can be done to improve the lot of the people who come to Annunciation House’s doors and other immigrants? Continue reading
Voice of Voiceless Award: Cardinal Mahony
A Tireless Advocate for Immigrant Justice: Mahony Accepts Voice of Voiceless Award in El Paso by Kathy Revtyak “No estamos rendidos! Estamos aqui hoy para pedirles que no se desanimen y que no pierdan la esperanza. Tenemos que seguir … Continue reading
AgJOBS Act of 2007
By Amy Joyce Just and humane immigration reform—that prioritizes family unification and that puts the 12 million or so undocumented immigrants in the United States already enriching our social fabric and contributing to our economy on a … Continue reading
Hate Groups Embrace Anti-Immigration Agenda
by Heather Schaub Since 2000 the United States has witnessed a forty percent rise in hate groups. Many of these new hate groups have exploited the issue of illegal immigration to fuel their own agendas. Their ideology has flourished … Continue reading
Voice of the Voicless Award 2007
On the occasion of the one-year anniversary of the passage of the Sensenbrenner-King bill, otherwise known as HR 4437, one of the most anti-immigrant pieces of legislation ever passed by the US House of Representatives, Annunciation House is announcing its … Continue reading