Immigration

Immigration: God's love has no borders

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Advocacy

	Legislative Updates: from MCC Washington Office Action alerts Faith reflection Policy solutions
	Sign up for immigration action alerts on current immigration legislation at the Washington Office website. Blog: washingtonmemo.org
	Postcard with words from Mennonite Church USA 2003 Immigration statement download (277k PDF) Directions: You may use this postcard to send a message to your legislator. To make copies of the postcard: They need to be printed front to back. These need to be printed on card stock, no more than 0.016” thick, in order for them to be able to go through the mail. Crop marks are included for people to cut the cards out. The size is 6 x 4.25. The cards are in CMYK color space and should work on color printers at Kinko’s.
	Invite local legislators to special meetings to discuss legislative bills that may positively or negatively affect immigrants. Ask legislators to explain legislative process to immigrants. Invite MCC Washington office and MCC U.S. Director of Immigration Education, Saulo Padilla to visit your community to update your office or congregation on issues related to immigration and refugees.
	Write letters! Congressional offices receive mountains of anti-immigrant hate mail produced by a relatively small number of people. Many staffers have specifically requested to hear from constituents who think rationally and compassionately on the issue.

Immigration Policy Principles

These principles are derived from the experience of MCC staff in the United States in their attempts to demonstrate God's love by working among people suffering from poverty, conflict, oppression and natural disaster. With each principle is included a link to a story that illustrates how these issues affect real people's lives