From the Center for Immigration Studies

Religious Perspectives on Immigration: Panel to Examine Faith-Based Debate

By Bryan Griffith
September 2009

Publications related to this panel:

Video
http://cis.org/Videos/ReligousPerspectivesonImmigration (Parts I & II)

Transcript
http://cis.org/Transcripts/ReligousPers ... mmigration

Backgrounder, "Catholics, Immigration, and the Common Good"
http://cis.org/catholics-and-immigration
(includes pdf version)

Backgrounder, "A Biblical Perspective on Immigration Policy"
http://cis.org/ImmigrationBible (includes pdf version)

Backgrounder, "No ‘Progress by Pesach’: The Jewish Establishment’s Usurpation of American-Jewish Opinion on Immigration"
http://cis.org/node/1360 (includes pdf version)

Blog post, "Religious Group Backs Amnesty"
http://cis.org/edwards/NAE


WASHINGTON - The supporters of amnesty for illegal immigrants have frequently use religious arguments and terminology to make their case. They explicitly claim that legalization and increased immigration are the only morally acceptable choices facing lawmakers and that opposition to "comprehensive immigration reform" is, literally, a sin.

To address such claims, the Center for Immigration Studies hosted a panel discussion entitled “Religious Perspectives on Immigrationâ€