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Article: Dilemma on sheltering immigrants.(News)
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- The Christian Century
- Article date:
- July 10, 2007
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THE DOUBLE-EDGED question vexes many local congregations in the middle of the immigration debate: What is legal--and what is right?
That dilemma has permeated church discussions in Portland, Oregon, after 167 suspected illegal workers were detained in a June 12 raid at the Fresh Del Monte Produce plant. In community-room meetings and in pulpits, church leaders ask whether they should provide sanctuary for undocumented immigrants.
Augustana Lutheran Church in Portland has officially signed on with the New Sanctuary Movement, a national effort to shelter people facing deportation. Other churches--not only in Oregon's biggest city but also in other ...