Immigration reform next up on bishops' wish list for Congress

Immigration reform is the next priority for the Catholic church. I hope it helps. - - Donna Poisl

By Nancy Frazier O'Brien, Catholic News Service

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- A new postcard campaign in 2010 will urge Congress to take up as its next priority comprehensive immigration reform that would reunite families, regularize the status of an estimated 12 million people in this country illegally and restore due process protections for immigrants.

"We want to increase Catholic grass-roots support for immigration reform, but we also want to show members of Congress a strong Catholic voice and strong Catholic numbers in support of immigration reform," said Antonio Cube, national manager of the U.S. bishops' Justice for Immigrants project, in a Nov. 16 conference call with reporters.
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