Bob Dane's View On Immigration And Justice

Bob Dane, the Executive Director of Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), believes that the immigration system is broken and in need of repair and reform. He said that FAIR’s positions are on immigration policy not immigrants themselves. But I struggle with this statement because immigration policy and immigrants are directly intertwined. You cannot influence immigration policy without affecting the lives of immigrants everywhere. Since my group is researching whether religious and faith-based organizations should be free to serve illegal immigrants regardless of their legal status, we asked him about the relationship between immigration and justice. Mr. Dane expressed that most religions of the world, with the exception of radical

He argued that people must first distinguish between the justification of moral beliefs and their correction. I think that Mr. Dane and FAIR need to work on their overall sense of moral judgment (are evaluations or opinions formed as to whether some action or inaction, intention, motive, character trait, or a person as a whole is more or less Good or Bad). Volf said, “For Christians, this would mean that we learn what justice is by observing justice as it is revealed in the biblical traditions.” The Scriptures not only call us on us to reflect on justice, but to do justice. Hosea 12:6 states “So return to your God. Patiently trust him, and show love and justice.” He argues that our understanding of God’s justice need work since people often pervert justice to their own bias. In order to solve the immigration crisis, we need to readjust our perspectives as we take into account the other side’s perspective. He writes, “Reversing perspectives may lead us not only to learn something from the other, but also to look afresh at our own traditions and rediscover their neglected or even forgotten resources.” I think if Mr. Dane and FAIR work on understanding their opposition, we would be able to make more progress in immigration policy. Volf labels this as double vision (see our judgments about justice and our struggle against injustice through

He believes that every person has a right to enjoy his or her justice. Wolterstorff writes, “To dwell in shalom is to enjoy living before God, to enjoy living in one's physical surroundings, to enjoy living with one's fellows, to enjoy life with oneself.” Mr. Dane and FAIR must incorporate right, harmonious relationships with immigrants in order to understand their perspective. Doing so would help bring us closer to reaching immigration reform that would satisfy both sides. Not only with immigrants, but this will “involve right relationships to God, to nature, to oneself as well.” Shalom is important to our research topic because it is an ethical ideal as our topic is an ethical question. Because there is a lack of justice in Mr. Dane and FAIR’s argument, shalom is wounded. Wolterstorff said, “Our work will always have the two dimensions of a struggle for justice and the pursuit of increased mastery of the world so as the enrich human life. Both to father are necessary if shalom is to be brought