By Donna Beth Weilenman Martinez News-Gazette The latest group of people who are trying to enter the United States through amnesty or asylum are coming from conditions that have made them desperate, said United States Representative Mike Thompson. “These folks are unsafe in their home spot,” he said. “They are appealing to the United States […]
Letters: Religious views on family separations at border
Religious community HAS condemned family separations at border This is in response to the paid advertisement from Lawrence Dutch saying that he’s heard “nothing from the religious community” regarding the separation of children from their families and keeping them in detention centers Huh? All you need to do is Google “religious leaders’ statements on detention […]
A Vibrant Faith for the 21st Century: The treatment of immigrants in the Bible
I have to preface this column with two confessions. First, my heart aches that I even have to discuss, as calmly and theologically as I can, the immorality of separating immigrant children from their families at the border. Second, due to the circumstances of this column, and in particular how quickly this abominable situation developed, […]
Steve Young: Count every person in 2020 census
By Steve Young Special to the Herald The decision by President Trump to require a citizenship question as part of the 2020 census has serious implications for the city of Benicia, Solano County and the state of California. The inclusion of this question, which has not been part of the regular census since 1950, virtually […]
Bruce Robinson: Has anybody read “Adios, America”?
It’s likely many Americans would answer “no” to this question, despite the fact that the author of “Adios, America,” Ann Coulter, has published more than 10 books on the New York Times best-seller list, including such attention-grabbing titles as “Mugged: Racial Demagoguery from the Seventies to Obama” (September 2012) and “High Crimes and Misdemeanors: The […]
Rep. Mike Thompson honors achievements of local immigrants
On Sunday, Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Napa) announced the winners of the Fifth Congressional District American Dream Awards at the USA World Classics Event Center in Vallejo. The awards honor the achievements of immigrants in Thompson’s district who have contributed to their communities in the areas of arts and culture, professional achievement, entrepreneurship and innovation, and […]