Word: salvatierra
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...ALEXIA SALVATIERRA, quoting a 2nd century Christian theologian to explain why activist Elvira Arellano's Aug. 20 deportation to Tijuana would inspire a renewed fight for immigration reform. Arellano had found sanctuary in a Chicago church for a year in defiance of a deportation order...
...Sometimes a moment that could be discouraging can become an inspiration," says Rev. Alexia Salvatierra, a leading figure in the sanctuary movement. "[Her deportation] will inspire other people...
...Salvatierra is right that a one-sided approach to immigration - enforcement alone - will most likely fail. But it will fail for economic, as much as moral, reasons. Agriculture and service sectors still rely too much on hardworking immigrants, regardless of their legal status. Even the whispers of a crackdown have stirred fear in the restaurant industry and added to the angst of farmers, who have steadily reported labor shortages throughout the summer. And the lure for workers to come here is as strong as ever. A Pew Hispanic Center study released today shows Latino immigrants, legal and illegal, have made...
...fight for a private bill in the U.S. Congress that would give her a special permission to return to the States. In the meantime, she and her allies are hoping she'll become a symbol for all those facing deportation. "The blood of the martyrs," says Rev. Salvatierra, quoting old scripture somewhat extravagantly, "is the seed of the church...
...reaches deep into Judaism's Exodus saga for its justification. The Israelites were (legal) immigrants in Egypt, but the Egyptians persecuted them when their numbers seemed too threatening; God brought down the plagues. Thus the verse is a warning to Jews never to turn into the Egyptians; a role Salvatierra and her colleagues feel Americans are now perilously close to playing...