1	I Was a Stranger and You Welcomed Me (Mt. 25)
2	The Purpose for this Presentation To Listen to what the Bishops Teach about Immigration and to Listen to One Another. The presentation will last approximately an hour, with time for Q and A.
3	History of Immigration Immigration Laws as we know them did not exist until the 1920s Then Quota Laws Slash the Number of New Immigrants Anti-Catholicism and anti-immigration sentiments have always been linked
4	Root Causes of Immigration Push factors drive people from home countries Pull factors draw people north to seek a better life
5	Economic Impact of Immigration Productivity and Growth Taxes and Public Benefits Impact on Native Born Workers
6	Legal Immigration Process Family-based Employment-Based Asylum and Refugee Status Diversity Lottery Application and Cost
7	Politics of Immigration within the Last 25 Years
8	“Restrictions on Immigration Must be Eased.”
9	Immigration and Family Values Restrictions on immigration from Mexico must be eased, a fact Bush recognized in an Aug. 29 speech. "If you can make a living in America, and you can't find a job in Mexico, family values don't stop at the southern border," he said. "People are coming to work to provide food for their families.”
10	Things Change
11	WHAT REALLY CHANGED? Economics? Job Creation? Human Rights? Needs? International Relations with Mexico? National Security? Politics? Perceptions? Attitudes? Fears?
12	What is said about undocumented immigrants or illegal aliens? No one wants illegal immigration Sovereign states have a right to protect their borders Rights of individuals vs. rights of states Rights of individuals and families to migrate within country and across borders
13	How Do You See Immigration Now?
14	Mexico comes to Indiana 1990 The US census counted 8,500 Hispanics in Indianapolis 1 Sunday Mass in Spanish in the Archdiocese 1 Spanish-speaking priest worked with the community 2007 100,000 Hispanics in Indianapolis 24 Sunday Masses in Spanish 17 Spanish-speaking Priests work part or full time with Hispanics in the Archdiocese in 20 parishes
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17	What Does The Bible Say? Old Testament Exodus 23:9 Leviticus 19:33-34 New Testament Matthew 2:13-15 Mathew 25:31-46
18	What Do The Popes Say? Holy Family…fleeing into Egypt, is Archtype of every refugee family. - Exsul Familia, Pius XII, August 1952. The Church in America must be a vigilant advocate…of the rights of migrants and their families… even in cases of non-legal immigrantion. - Eccelsia in America, John Paul II, Jan 1999
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20	What Do the US Bishops Teach? 2000 - Welcoming the Stranger Among Us, Unity in Diversity. 2003 - Strangers No Longer, Together on the journey of hope. 2006 - I Was a Stranger, and You Welcomed Me, Meeting Christ in New Neighbors.
21	2000 Welcoming the Stranger… Vision of Unity/Communion/Solidarity We are an immigrant church in a nation of immigrants Cultural Fears Right of nations to control borders Right to dignified human life
22	2003 Strangers No Longer U.S. And Mexican Bishops’ Conferences Global context Migration is beneficial and necessary 5 principles for the discussion National Campaign: Justice for Immigrants
23	2006 I Was a Stranger 5 Indiana Bishops Urgent Indiana issues Urgent National issues Rejection of all anti-immigrant, nativist, ethnocentrist or racist policies Welcome all as Christ himself
24	Summary of The U.S. Bishops’ Teaching Persons have the right to find opportunities in their homeland. Persons have the right to migrate to support themselves and their families. Sovereign nations have the right to control their borders. Refugees and asylum seekers should be afforded protection. The human dignity and human rights of undocumented immigrants should be respected.
25	The U.S. Bishops Offer a Solution COMPREHENSIVE REFORM Earned legalization for undocumented Temporary worker program w/ protections Family reunification: End excessive visa delays Due process in law for asylum seekers
26	Shelbyville First Communion
27	Legislators Fail To Fix A Broken System US Senate - June 2007, Loss of Nerve… - When will something be done…. Local and State Reactions - “Enforcement Only” Policies
28	Debate to Diatribe “Illegal Aliens are Illegal” Radio Talk Show Hosts, Lou Dobbs, O’Reilly, etc. IFIRE, FAIR, NUMBERSUSA State and Local Enforcement only Initiatives Federal SAVE Act
29	Columbus Dancers
30	US Bishops Call For A New Debate Current fears Fragmentation and localization Recent Statements Labor Day statement Bishops’ Committee on Immigration Cardinal Mahoney Notre Dame forum
31	What are Our Hopes and Fears? The situation continues Fears and Myths Cultural fears, economic and legal concerns Proposed solutions Deportation Attrition Comprehensive reform
32	Immigration Myths Immigrants don’t pay taxes Immigrants come here to take welfare Immigrants send all their money back to their home countries Immigrants take jobs and opportunity away from Americans Immigrants are a drain on the U.S. economy Immigrants don’t want to learn English or become Americans Today’s immigrants are different than those of 100 years ago Most immigrants cross the border illegally Weak U.S. border enforcement has led to high undocumented immigration The war on terrorism can be won through immigration restrictions
33	Columbus Family
34	The Human Face of Immigration “Dying to Live”
35	The Next Move is Ours Ask your U.S. Senators and U.S. Reps to support Comprehensive immigration reform. Ask your IN Senators and Reps to not support enforcement only proposals. Look for more information on the Justice for Immigrants website, www.justiceforimmigrants.org. Or do nothing…
36	Q and A