VivirLatino

Earlier this month, as part of the DREAM Now Letters to Barack Obama series, we introduced you to Selvin Ovidio Arevalo, a Guatemalan student living in Maine who is facing immediate deportation.

There has been much talk by the right wing and some Republicans about returning to the “good ole American values rooted in Christianity”. While one could argue about what the values of this country really are and their history, what cannot be argued is that often the rhetoric against immigrants by those same people is anything but merciful. Selvin is a young man of faith and I wonder how many within the faith community, across party lines would step up for a young man like Selvin.
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