Interrogating the Legal/Illegal Frame: Trump Administration Immigration Policy and the Christian Response
Statements on immigration by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, the National Council of Churches, and the latter's member communions all counter a simplistic moral distinction between those who immigrate to the United States legally and those who come illegally by addressing the...
| Published in: | Journal of ecumenical studies |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Pennsylvania Press
2020
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Journal of ecumenical studies
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| RelBib Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBQ North America ZC Politics in general |
| Further subjects: | B
Donald Trump
B United States B Migration B Solidarity B National Council of Churches B U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops B Government Policy B Enforcement B Emigration & Immigration B Immigration B National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America B Racism B Trump, Donald, 1946- B frame |
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| Summary: | Statements on immigration by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, the National Council of Churches, and the latter's member communions all counter a simplistic moral distinction between those who immigrate to the United States legally and those who come illegally by addressing the social and economic factors spurring migration, identifying the flaws in the U.S. immigration system, and calling for solidarity between citizens and immigrants, regardless of legal status. The immigration and refugee policies of the Trump administration, however, reveal that the rhetorical distinction between "legal" and "illegal" has less to do with the law than it does with the arbitrary exercise of power and reinforcing racial hierarchies. The churches must learn to address this darker side of anti-immigrant rhetoric more adequately. |
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| ISSN: | 2162-3937 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of ecumenical studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/ecu.2020.0010 |