Becoming Welcoming Communities: Further Resources on Migration and Immigration

Further Resources on Migration and Immigration
Below are resources to provide background on issues covered in the study guide and current information on federal and state policy, as well as sources of information for developing additional sessions on topics not covered in the study guide.  This page will be updated periodically, so please check back often.

• Biblical Perspectives
  • The God Who Sees: Immigrants, the Bible, and the Journey to Belong, by Karen González
  • The Bible and Borders: Hearing God’s Word on Immigration, by M. Daniel Carroll R.
  • First Nations’ Version: An Indigenous Translation of the New Testament, by Terry Wildman & First Nations Translation Council

• Immigration in Wisconsin
  • Applied Population Laboratory – UW Madison
    • Wisconsin’s Foreign-Born Population
    • A Brief History of Immigration in Wisconsin
  • Love Your Neighbor – Video from Voces de la Frontera about Immigration in Wisconsin

• Immigration Policy

• • • Immigration process road map
    • Glossaries of Immigration-related Terms
      • Basic: Common Immigration Terms (ncsl.org)
      • More Detailed: Glossary | USCIS
    • History of US Immigration Policy 
      • History of immigration policy in the United States – Ballotpedia
      • Overview of Agency History | USCIS
    • Federal Policy Updates
      • Interfaith Immigration Coalition
      • National Immigration Law Center
      • American Immigration Council

• Denominational Programs
  • ELCA 
    • Accompanying Migrant Minors with Protection, Advocacy, Representation and Opportunities (AMMPARO)
    • Sponsoring Asylum Seekers – A Midvale Proposal
  • United Church of Christ
    • Becoming an Immigrant Welcoming Congregation

FOR EXPLORING ADDITIONAL ASPECTS OF IMMIGRATION AND RELATED TOPICS

• General Resources
  • A Beginners Guide to America: For the Immigrant and the Curious by Roya Hakakian
  • The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives, edited by Viet Thanh Nguyen
  • Somewhere in the Unknown World: A Collective Refugee Memoir, edited by Kao Kalia Yang
  • A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea: One Refugee’s Incredible Story of Love, Loss and Survival, by Melissa Fleming
  • Separated: Inside an American Tragedy, by Jacob Soboroff
  • Solito: A Memoir by Javier Zamora
  • Against The Wall: My Journey from Border Patrol Agent to Immigrant Rights Activist by Jenn Budd
  •  Inside an American Tragedy – Separated -a study guide by Sally Jones
• Theological Perspectives
  • Immigration and the Bible: A Guide for Radical Welcome, by Joan M. Markuskin
  • Making Room: Recovering Hospitality as a Christian Tradition, by Christine D. Pohl
  • Neighbor: Christian Encounters with “Illegal” Immigration, by Ben Daniel
  • People of a Compassionate God: Creating Welcoming Congregations, edited by Janet F. Fishburn
  • They Are Us: Lutherans and Immigration, by Stephen Bouman and Ralston Deffenbaugh
  • Welcoming the Stranger: Justice, Compassion and Truth in the Immigration Debate, Matthew Soerens and Jenny Hwang

• Forced Migration and Enslavement
  • Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade 
    • The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story, created by Nikole Hannah Jones
    • Caste: The Origins of our Discontents, by Isabel Wilkerson
    • The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration, by Isabel Wilkerson
    • Black History in Wisconsin | Wisconsin Historical Society (wisconsinhistory.org)
  • Forced Resettlement of First Nations
    • See the land acknowledgment at the beginning of the study guide (or read here)
    • An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States, by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
    • Indian Nations of Wisconsin: Histories of Endurance and Renewal, by Patty Loew
    • How to identify the native land you are on and how to acknowledge it
      • https://nativegov.org/a-guide-to-indigenous-land-acknowledgment/
      • https://americanindian.si.edu/nk360/informational/land-acknowledgement
      • https://usdac.us/nativeland
      • https://native-land.ca/

• Immigration and Racism
  • WCC Study Guide: On Behalf of Our Children: Wisconsin’s Racial Disparities and the Call of the Gospel

• Immigration and Religious Diversity
  • WCC Study Guide: Loving Our Interfaith Neighbors

• Refugee Resettlement: 2000-2022
  • Refugee Resettlement in Wisconsin Levelled Off in 2019 
  • Refugee Act – Wikipedia 
  • Federal Policy, Pandemic Intensify a Slowdown of Refugee Resettlement in Wisconsin
  • Wisconsin refugee arrivals picking up as Biden lifts restrictions 
  • A Guide to Title 42 Expulsions at the Border | American Immigration Council
  • Many Afghan refugees, including unaccompanied minors, remain in legal limbo in the U.S. | PBS NewsHour 
  • AFGHAN PLACEMENT & ASSISTANCE (APA) PROGRAM OVERVIEW
  • Ukraine Refugee Situation
  • Uniting for Ukraine | USCIS
  • Welcome.US | Ukraine
  • America’s Refugee Revolution | Foreign Affairs
  • Refugee Services – Partner Agencies

• This list will be updated periodically, check back often.