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Immigration: near neighbors and far neighbors
State and local authorities are responding with a crazy-quilt of laws and ordinances to address the Federal government's failure to pass immigration reform. But for the faith community, labels such as "illegal" can be replaced by "neighbor."
Tuesday, February 19, 2008By John S. Rausch

Because last year Congress failed to pass comprehensive immigration reform, 2008 began with a patch quilt of state laws and local ordinances that reflect a national confusion about dealing with immigration. On the one hand, Lake Havasu, Arizona, like a number of other cities, struck an agreement with federal agents to train local police to interrogate and detain all undocumented immigrants for deportation.

Conversely, Detroit with its anti-profiling ordinance prohibited police from questioning people about their immigration status. These contrasting examples, together with the nearly 250 immigration laws passed in forty-six states last year, highlight the nation’s perplexity over a unified policy for undocumented immigrants.

Approximately 12 million undocumented immigrants reside in the United States, and many live in stable families that include legal residents as well as native-born and naturalized citizens plus their children who were born citizens. Polls confirm by a margin of 58 to 35 that Americans support “a program giving illegal immigrants now living in the United States the right to live here legally if they pay a fine and meet other requirements.â€