Immigration

1. By:
Juan Palacios
Frankie Davies
Deborah Cole
Kimberly Watson
IMMIGRATION

2. Who is coming to United States

4. IRREGULAR IMMIGRATION INTHE US BORDERS
Migrants who enter a country either
without documents or forged
documents, or migrants who enter
legally but they stay after their visa
or work permit has expired.
Refer to immigration across national borders in a way that
violates the immigration laws of the destination country.

5. IMMIGRATION FLOW
IN THE US BORDER
 There are over 15 millions irregular migrants in
USA. Over half these irregular migrants are
Mexicans.
 500,000 additional enter the USA with out
authorization each year.
 About 400 Mexicans die trying to cross the border
into the USA each year.
 Women constitute a substantial proportion
between 600,000 and 800,000 women and
children and men were trafficked in 2004 alone.
 In 2006 Mexican authorities deported 179
thousand foreigner in transit to USA
(94% came America Central).
 Same year USA Border Patrol deported 858
thousand foreigner, 514 thousand was
Mexicans.
 4 thousand die try to cross the wall border in 12
years.

6. INMIGRATION: Migration into place especially to a country of
which you are not a native in order to settle there.
CAUSES
 Economics factors.
 Illegal immigration may be prompted by desire to escape civil war or
repression in the country of origin.
 Non-economics push factors included persecution (religious , and otherwise
frequent abuse, bullying, oppression, and genocide, and risk to civilians during
war).
 Political motives traditionally motivate refugee flows-to escape dictatorship.
 Natural disasters: earthquake, hurricane, flood.

7. Stand up for equality and justice

8. “The same law applies to the
native – born and the alien living
among you”.
Exodus 12: 49
“And be found in him, no having
mine own righteousness, which is
of the law, but that which is
through the faith of Christ, the
righteousness which is of God by
faith”.
Philippians 3: 9

10. 1.Education
2.Health Service
3.Employment
4.Crime
5. Continued demand for cheap
labor and low wages.
6. Separation of families

11. HOW SHOULD THE CHURCH
VIEW ILLEGAL AND LOW
WAGES?
1.
1. First responsibility is to do as the Lord commanded in Lev. 19: 37
“Therefore shall ye observe all my
statutes, and all my judgments and
do them”.
2. Church has to be compassionate to those that are vulnerable in society.
3. Embrace others from different cultures since the US is a multicultural
society.
4. Provide help to those immigrants need such as food shelter or clothing.
5. If are aware of illegal immigrants provide services to aid in legalization
where is possible.
6. Help to provide employment for those without a job.

12. “ Then shall he answer them, saying
Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye
did it not to one of the least of these,
ye did it not to me”.
Matt. 25:45
”Hear my prayer , O LORD, listen to my
cry for help; be not deaf to my
weeping .
For I dwell with you as an alien, a
stranger, as all my fathers were”.
Psalm 39:12