Judiska The Forward skrev tidigare i år om hur den organiserade judenheten i USA går i bräschen för att få igenom invandringsreformen som kommer innebära att miljoner illegala invandrare (varav en betydande del från Mexiko) får stanna lagligt i landet och erhålla amerikanskt medborgarskap:
Jews Unite Behind Push for Immigration Reform
Ethics and Self-Interest Drive Unusual Nationwide Effort
http://forward.com/articles/179296/j...#ixzz2XS7dODrL
Immigration Reform Is Our Jewish Responsibility
http://forward.com/articles/137860/i...esponsibility/
Jews Unite Behind Push for Immigration Reform
Ethics and Self-Interest Drive Unusual Nationwide Effort
http://forward.com/articles/179296/j...#ixzz2XS7dODrL
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After months of delay, the U.S. Senate is set to vote on the most comprehensive immigration reform legislation in 27 years. And Jewish groups across the country are acting together in a way characteristic of the community on few issues besides Israel.
“It’s about the right thing to do,” said Robert Gittelson, co-founder of Conservatives for Comprehensive Immigration Reform, and a Republican. In op-ed pieces and interviews, Gittelson, a retired Jewish businessman from California’s San Fernando Valley, has called certain GOP strategies on immigration reform “un-biblical” and “cruel.”
Those leading an active push for the bill, which will offer a path to citizenship for some of the nation’s 11 million undocumented aliens, include the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, the American Jewish Committee, the Anti-Defamation League, the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, Bend the Arc and the National Council of Jewish Women.
The Senate vote — and the even harder struggle that will follow in the Republican-controlled House — represents the fulfillment of a sustained campaign by the Jewish community for immigration reform, which has built momentum over the past decade.
Whether or not the necessary votes are mustered from both houses to land a historic immigration law reform bill on President Obama’s desk, Jewish outreach, particularly in the Southwest — home to the largest share of America’s emerging and increasingly powerful ethnic and interfaith populations — promises to be politically and socially influential beyond the issue it addresses.
“It’s about the right thing to do,” said Robert Gittelson, co-founder of Conservatives for Comprehensive Immigration Reform, and a Republican. In op-ed pieces and interviews, Gittelson, a retired Jewish businessman from California’s San Fernando Valley, has called certain GOP strategies on immigration reform “un-biblical” and “cruel.”
Those leading an active push for the bill, which will offer a path to citizenship for some of the nation’s 11 million undocumented aliens, include the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, the American Jewish Committee, the Anti-Defamation League, the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, Bend the Arc and the National Council of Jewish Women.
The Senate vote — and the even harder struggle that will follow in the Republican-controlled House — represents the fulfillment of a sustained campaign by the Jewish community for immigration reform, which has built momentum over the past decade.
Whether or not the necessary votes are mustered from both houses to land a historic immigration law reform bill on President Obama’s desk, Jewish outreach, particularly in the Southwest — home to the largest share of America’s emerging and increasingly powerful ethnic and interfaith populations — promises to be politically and socially influential beyond the issue it addresses.
Immigration Reform Is Our Jewish Responsibility
http://forward.com/articles/137860/i...esponsibility/
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Immigration not only built our country, but also saved the lives of millions of Jews who fled dangerous places such as czarist Russia and Europe through World War II. It has allowed our community to thrive. We know that addressing the issue of immigration with courage, wisdom and compassion can result in better integration of newcomers who can become fully American and contribute to this country’s diverse cultural mosaic.
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Senast redigerad av ambiscko 2013-09-09 kl. 21:48.
Senast redigerad av ambiscko 2013-09-09 kl. 21:48.
