{"id":11560,"date":"2009-10-09T13:47:44","date_gmt":"2009-10-09T21:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=11560"},"modified":"2009-10-09T13:47:44","modified_gmt":"2009-10-09T21:47:44","slug":"stephen-steinlight-on-immigration-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=11560","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Steinlight On Immigration Reform"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stephen emails<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Dear Friends, First of all a Shana Tovah and a Good Yontif! It’s been too, too long, and I’m sending my heartfelt wishes for a splendid and sweet year. I’m sending this statement — placed in the record of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and Citizenship by Senator Sessions –for yesterday’s hearings titled "Comprehensive Immigration Reform: Faith-Based Perspectives."<\/p>\n

The piece, based on comments I delivered on a CIS panel held at the National Press Club last week (I was joined by a brilliant Catholic priest, Dominique Perdians, and my Evangelical friend Jim Edwards) addresses two important issues: the stunning emptiness, Scriptural shoddiness, insincerity, and sheer childishness of the arguments advanced by members of the "faith community" in support of open-borders immigration, and the outrageous conduct of this Committee, Chaired by the unctuous and intellectually dishonest Charles Schumer, who restricted testimony to religious spokespersons that support "comprehensive immigration reform."<\/p>\n

The attached testimony submitted for the record — since faith-based opponents of "comprehensive immigration reform" like me were not permitted to address the Committee — both protests the assault on open debate and freedom of expression as well as challenges the sloppy thinking and shoddy exegesis of religious supporters of amnesty and open borders.<\/p>\n

It’s a strong and elegant piece that received very positive responses from the large group of people that attended the event at the National Press Club.<\/p>\n

I hope you might consider publishing it in full or in part, or citing it, and might also suggest whom else I should approach in the Jewish press or in the community of bloggers who could help get the word out.<\/p>\n

Thanks very much for reviewing it and thanks in advance for your help.<\/p>\n

I’ll be back in touch — on a more personal level — at the end of the month when I return from Dallas — where I’ve got seven speaking engagements. So much for Aronoff’s attempt at blacklisting me.<\/p>\n

Warm regards and b’shalom,
\nSteve Steinlight<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.cis.org\/statement_<\/wbr>on_faith_and_immigration<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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