Immigration Myths

Check out this site, which is from the USCCB's formal "Justice for Immigrants" website. In it, some common myths about immigration are provided. They're all interesting, but the one I found most surprising is the following:

Most immigrants cross the border illegally

Around 75% of today’s immigrants have legal permanent (immigrant) visas; of the 25% that are undocumented, 40% overstayed temporary (non-immigrant) visas.

(Source: Department of Homeland Security (http://uscis.gov/graphics/shared/statistics/index.htm)

Interesting. Check out all the other myths they debunk.

Back in the Saddle

I figure it's time to get this blog rolling again. We in New Orleans have had a lot to contend with over the past 8 or 9 months, and we're gearing up for another hurricane season, so who knows what surprises are in store for us; but social injustice in the world doesn't stop just because Katrina hit us hard.

We in the local chapter of the Maryknoll Affiliates movement have been very active in attending to the needs of our own community, which are tremendous. Social injustices in our City have always been palpable, and they are even more so in the post-Katrina world that is New Orleans today. So, my hope is that we can restart the blogging part of our efforts small, with a renewed focus on mission to our own in New Orleans, and then build it where we can to other issues of justice facing our nation and our world, of which there are many.

So, please do get in the habit of visiting Semillas with more regularity. I promise that there will be more things to ponder in the weeks to come.

Peace in God.