Evangelical Immigration Table

We are so thankful for Matt Soerens and Liz Dong's visit to Orchard Hill Church last week to share with us about God's heart and His Word concerning immigrants, along with current immigration statistics, laws, and stories which exposed the need for immigration reform in our country.  Learn more through Evangelical Immigration Table's website here.

EVANGELICAL STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLESFOR IMMIGRATION REFORM

Our national immigration laws have created a moral, economic and political crisis in America. Initiatives to remedy this crisis have led to polarization and name calling in which opponents have misrepresented each other’s positions as open borders and amnesty versus deportations of millions. This false choice has led to an unacceptable political stalemate at the federal level at a tragic human cost.

We urge our nation’s leaders to work together with the American people to pass immigration reform that embodies these key principles and that will make our nation proud.

As evangelical Christian leaders, we call for a bipartisan solution on immigration that:

• Respects the God-given dignity of every person
• Protects the unity of the immediate family
• Respects the rule of law
• Guarantees secure national borders
• Ensures fairness to taxpayers
• Establishes a path toward legal status and/or citizenship for those who qualify and who wish to become permanent residents