Ministers Support Judge Who Blocked Parts of Georgia's Immigration Law
Two Unitarian Universalist pastors in North Druid Hills said they hope the entire law is overturned.
Two pastors at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta on Cliff Valley Way dipped their toes into state politics against this week to support a U.S. District Court judge who has blocked parts of Georgia's controversial immigration law.
Under Judge Thomas Thrash's ruling, two specific parts of the new immigration law are blocked: the ability to penalize people who transport or harbor illegal immigrants and the right of officers to check the immigration status of people who can’t provide identification. Those portions of the law are blocked until legal challenges are resolved.
Here is the statement from the church:
As Unitarian Universalist ministers, we affirm justice, equity and compassion in human relations. We applaud the federal judge who halted several parts of Georgia's anti-immigration law, but we believe the entire law needs to be overturned. It cannot substitute for comprehensive immigration reform at a national level. The law in its entirety is unjust, fear-based, and inhumane.
Rev. Anthony David
Rev. Marti Keller
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta
This is the second time pastors at the church have protested the immigration legislation. Many Unitarian Universalist pastors from across the Atlanta area, including the church here in North Druid Hills, objected to the laws when they were passing through the state legislature.
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Vickie
8:54 pm on Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Sure, there are comments. There just aren't comments that get past illegal alien biased censors.
Vickie
8:55 pm on Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Then, what happened to my initial comment.
Anyhow, La Raza and the cartels seem to get more representation from our government than citizens can receive. Why is that?
Jonathan Cribbs
3:32 am on Thursday, June 30, 2011
I'm the site's editor. What did you initially write that disappeared?
Sean
10:11 pm on Friday, July 1, 2011
Our business along with many others, try to have a decent work force. I have been running employment ads almost continuously since 1996, I have NEVER have enough workers willing to take the jobs we have to offer. Latin workers on
the whole have lower absenteeism, lateness, sick days
& stay on the job longer than native born workers.
There are thousands of Latin American workers who
would come here, just like our great-grandparents
did if only a reasonable process for legally entering
the USA was STILL available.
Even with family in the US the system is unworkable.
One of our cooks who is a naturalized US citizen &
has worked for us for 15 years, has an unmarried
brother. He has petitionioned for his brother, but it
will be anywhere from 10-25 YEARS before he could
emigrate.
There is effectively NO LEGAL WAY for a Mexican
national without immediate family in the US to get to
the USA even if a restaurant job is waiting unless a
worker already has family here. Under the current
immigration system, the wait at the much discussed
"back of the line" for an average restaurant worker
without immediate family in the US is just over 45
years! This gets longer every year. Now that the economy is bad it seems to be a law of convience.