From The Christian Post-
Some religious leaders from Arizona and elsewhere are coordinating nationwide protests against the state’s new immigration law, which takes effect Thursday.
Beginning with a prayer vigil at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Phoenix early Thursday morning, faith leaders are organizing prayers and rallies into the weekend to denounce SB1070 and call on Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform.
“People are living in fear, afraid to go to work and church, or to leave their home at all,” said the Rev. Trina Zelle, director of the Arizona Interfaith Alliance for Worker Justice and a Presbyterian minister, to reporters on Wednesday.
“SB1070 is dehumanizing and violates our human rights,” said Zelle, who helped lead Thursday morning’s Phoenix prayer vigil. “I believe it grieves God.”
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed SB1070, the toughest law against illegal immigrants in the nation, in April.
The most controversial part of the law is allowing police officers to stop and interrogate people suspected of being illegal immigrants. Opponents of the law argue the policy would promote racial profiling and open the door to human rights violations.
More here-
http://www.christianpost.com/article/20100729/faith-leaders-to-oppose-arizona-immigration-law/
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