Mennonite World Review

Articles : Immigration

April 1 issue

• Churches question whether, when to break law

  ELKHART, Ind. — As congregations across Mennonite Church USA engage immigration issues and relate to people who are undocumented, some are facing the question of whether God is calling them to break the law.

March 18 issue

• Workshop focuses on immigration

  WICHITA, Kan. — Dozens of crowded thumbtacks obscured the center of the United States on the world map.

April 2, 2012 issue

• When the law shatters families

  “Josefina’s baby was just 9 months old and Clara’s children were 1 and 6 when they were placed in foster homes with strangers … For the four months that [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] detained them, Josefina and Clara had no idea where their children were … Josefina was very quiet as she talked by phone from Mexico a year after she was deported: ‘I don’t know where my child is; I have no contact with my baby.’ ”

May 23, 2011 issue

• Church’s voice influences Ind. immigration bill

  ELKHART, Ind. — Indiana Mennonites believe their advocacy helped improve a new immigration law in their state.

April 18, 2011 issue

• Voice for the undocumented

  HARRISONBURG, Va. — Isa­bel Castillo, a 2007 Eastern Mennonite University graduate, has become a nationally recognized spokesperson for undocumented young people in the United States.

March 14, 2011 issue

• Indiana MC USA leaders oppose state immigration bill

  ELKHART, Ind. — Nine Mennonite Church USA leaders held a press conference March 7 to emphasize their opposition to a bill passed by the Indiana Senate that would bring Arizona-style immigration law enforcement to Indiana.

• MC USA staff share their immigration policy concerns with federal legislators

  WASHINGTON — Much like early Anabaptists in Europe, members of the Mennonite Church USA Peace and Justice Support Network leadership team gathered in a cellar recently to discuss matters of the state that troubled their understanding of Christian faith.

Feb. 21, 2011 issue

• Minn. churches study immigration, call for reform

  MINNEAPOLIS — Faith Mennonite Church invited area congregations and the community to join in a Christian education series, “Immigrants Among Us,” examining the U.S. immigration system.

Nov. 8, 2010 issue

• New Yorkers organize a bake sale for immigrants

  Heavy foot traffic in New York City is normal. Bake sales are not. Combine the two, and it’s a recipe for success.

Oct. 18, 2010 issue

• Unsafe to attend

  Regarding holding the 2013 Mennonite Church USA assembly in Phoenix, the recent Leaders Forum seems to have ended in a lack of resolution that I have a hard time understanding (“Arizona Still a Quandary,” Oct. 4). The issue seems clear cut to me in favor of moving the assembly out of Arizona.

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