Immigrant Justice: Books, Issue Guides, and Stories
- "They Take Our Jobs!": And 20 Other Myths about Immigration
Aviva Chomsky. Beacon Press. 264 pages. Read the whole thing, or pick a few myths that seem particularly interesting.
- Illegal People: How Globalization Creates Migration and Criminalizes Immigrants
David Bacon. Beacon Press. 272 pages.
- Kids Like Me: Voices of the Immigrant Experience
Judith M. Blohm & Terri Lipinksy. Intercultural Press. 296 pages. An appealing and accessible book with 26 narratives written by children and young adults describing their experience as immigrants in the United States. The individual narratives are short, and can be read on their own.
- Welcoming Our Neighbors (PDF, 27 pages): An Immigration Resource for Unitarian Universalists
Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) Advocacy and Witness Staff.
- Congregational Stories
UU World, UUA Advocacy & Witness staff, individual authors. Collection of web links. Read about the experiences and successes of Unitarian Universalist congregations around the country advocating immigrant justice.
- For You Were Once a Stranger (PDF, 112 pages)
Interfaith Worker Justice. This comprehensive resource provides historical background, the faith perspective on immigration, and suggestions for taking action in your community. Published Spring 2007.
- The Bible as the Ultimate Immigration Handbook (PDF, 10 pages): Written by, for, and about migrants, immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers
Joan M. Maruskin. A beautiful exploration of the Bible as a story of movement and hospitality towards the uprooted.
- Sojourners, September/October 2007 Issue
Sojourners Magazine. Three articles and one interview online. This issue features a collection of pieces on sanctuary: "Sacred Refuge," "Living in God's House," "The Church is the Last Safe Haven," and "Standing Up for Sanctuary."
- Restoring the Right to Due Process (PDF, 20 pages)
Breakthrough, Detention Watch Network. A "tool kit" for immigrant rights advocates that explains how immigration policy passed in 1996 undermines the right to due process today. Includes ideas for activities and taking action.
- Coming to America (2nd Edition): A History of Immigration and Ethnicity in American Life
Roger Daniels. Harper Perennial. 576 pages.
Last updated on Thursday, April 9, 2009.
