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		<title>Video: Church Leaders Condemn Missouri Undocumented Student Bill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From Fox 4 News in Lee&#8217;s Summit, Missouri. &#160; LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. — A Missouri Senate bill designed to take a count of undocumented students is creating controversy, as dozens of Kansas City churches have signed on to a letter in opposition to the bill, saying that they believe that the bill is not only [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.interfaithimmigration.org/index.php/2012/02/17/video-church-leaders-condemn-missouri-undocumented-student-bill/</link>
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		<title>In the News: Mo. faith leaders protest bill targeting immigrants</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From KSHB 41: KANSAS CITY, Mo. &#8211; Leaders from 50 churches on both sides of Missouri are calling for state lawmakers to stop considering a bill targeting immigrants. Senate bill 580 would give police officers the right to check immigration status, if officers feel there is probable cause. The immigrant could be cited with a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.interfaithimmigration.org/index.php/2012/02/17/in-the-news-mo-faith-leaders-protest-bill-targeting-immigrants/</link>
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		<title>Video: Not in My America by SEIU</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In Alabama and across the country, mean-spirited and racist anti-immigrant laws are threatening the livelihood of many working families and small businesses. At a moment when Americans of all walks are uniting around the sentiment of the 99 percent movement, politicians continue a never-ending charade to distract and divide us, ignoring the economic and social [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.interfaithimmigration.org/index.php/2012/02/17/video-not-in-my-america-by-seiu/</link>
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		<title>Video: DREAMer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A young successful student and hard worker with a great love for the US, Has a dream, her American Dream. But suddenly her DREAM is stopped.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.interfaithimmigration.org/index.php/2012/02/17/video-dreamer/</link>
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		<title>News: Faith Leaders to Pres. Hopefuls: Don&#8217;t Bring Immigration Rhetoric to Tenn.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dozens of Tennessee faith leaders urged Republican presidential candidates to keep the bitter rhetoric on immigration out of the Volunteer State. Tennessee&#8217;s Republican presidential primary is March 6. The plea came Feb. 9 in the form of a statement signed and released by some 45 leaders representing the Abrahamic faiths across Tennessee. &#8220;We are faith [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.interfaithimmigration.org/index.php/2012/02/16/news-faith-leaders-to-pres-hopefuls-dont-bring-immigration-rhetoric-to-tenn/</link>
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		<title>News: Church&#8217;s letter against E-Verify cites biblical verses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A group of local clergy have signed a letter in opposition to the E-Verify proposal on the ballot Tuesday and will announce their position at a public event this afternoon. Using biblical texts to support their position, the group refers to the proposed ordinance, called Question 1, as “unjust” and says such a law would [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.interfaithimmigration.org/index.php/2012/02/08/news-churchs-letter-against-e-verify-cites-biblical-verses/</link>
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		<title>Blog: The Agricultural 99 Percent</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Written by Andrew Wainer, Immigration Policy Analyst at Bread for the World Institute. 2011 was a record year for U.S. farmers, with farm income topping $100 billion. This includes sales of $22 billion in fruits and nuts and $21 billion in vegetables and melons – crops that rely on immigrant farm labor. But even as U.S. farmers prospered in 2011, those [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.interfaithimmigration.org/index.php/2012/01/18/blog-the-agricultural-99-percent/</link>
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		<title>Blog: Immigration Reform&#8230;in Small Steps</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Written by Melanie Fox, Intern at the Friends Committee on National Legislation. Small steps may be the key to reforming our largely unjust and broken immigration system. One of those small steps is exactly what the nation witnessed when H.R. 3012 was passed by a whopping 389 votes in the House. The vote, which took place last [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.interfaithimmigration.org/index.php/2011/12/12/blog-immigration-reform-in-small-steps/</link>
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		<title>Blog: Stop Understanding, Start Feeling</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From Kathy O&#8217;Leary, Coordinator at Pax Christi NJ. As I sat down to write this blog post, about our upcoming protest on December 7th in Newark over the for-profit immigration detention contract, I was tempted to lead with statistics about the percentage of foreign born residents in Essex County. Then I remembered a quote from a book on racial [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.interfaithimmigration.org/index.php/2011/12/05/blog-stop-understanding-start-feeling/</link>
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		<title>Updated Secure Communities Toolkit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Download our latest Secure Communities Advocacy Tool Kit Included: The strategy to stop secure communities, additional resources, what you can do in your community, bringing the faith message, and more.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.interfaithimmigration.org/index.php/2011/12/02/updated-secure-communities-toolkit/</link>
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