MicahsCall - Earned Citizenship: A Dialogue With The Christian Right

Earned Citizenship: A Dialogue With The Christian Right

Tuesday, January 01 2008 @ 10:31 AM

My Position

79. My position is that earned citizenship should be part of a comprehensive immigration reform package.

80. If it is impractical to deport 12 million people, then Jesus' moral teachings tell us that the compassionate and merciful thing to do is to provide a way for them to earn their citizenship.

81. From a pragmatic economic viewpoint, it makes sense to bring the 12 million undocumented immigrants out of their legal "limbo" status outside the law and to fully integrate them as productive, contributing, and tax-paying members of society.

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