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May 13, 2013

Honorable Members of Congress United States House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515

Dear Member of Congress:

We commend you as you once more take up the task of effecting comprehensive immigration reform. The Society of Jesus (“Jesuits”) sponsors a broad array of ministries in education, pastoral care and social service throughout the country. In these ministries, our members and lay colleagues, professors and students, partners and parishioners regularly witness the tragic consequences of our current immigration system.

We reiterate the call of the Catholic Bishops of the United States for immediate action on comprehensive immigration reform based on the following principles:

• A path to citizenship that ensures that all undocumented immigrants have access to full rights

• A legal employment structure that protects both migrants and United States workers

• Expedited family reunification and an end to policies and practices that exacerbate family separation

• Due process protections, and accountable and humane enforcement of our immigration laws

• Economic assistance to and fair competition with developing countries

These principles, which we outlined in detail for you in our 2011 letter, provide the framework for a comprehensive immigration reform package that is fair, just and humane. It is our sincere belief that these principles provide a blueprint for updating our nation’s immigration system in a way that promotes the common good, protects national security, respects human rights, invigorates economic growth, and acknowledges our heritage as a nation of immigrants.

Attached to this letter you will find a list of over 200 Jesuit communities, affiliated organizations, parishes and institutions throughout the United States that joined us in 2011 in calling for laws that protect our immigrant brothers and sisters. Please know that you have the support of a wide variety of our Jesuit ministries as you seek ways to welcome the stranger in our midst!

Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam Respectfully,

NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS CALIFORNIA America Magazine Bellarmine College Prep Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities Blessed Sacrament Ignatian Solidarity Network Casa Luis Espinal Jesuit Community Ignatian Volunteer Corps Colombière Jesuit Community Jesuit Commission on Social and International Ministry Companions in Ignatian Service & Spirituality Jesuit Refugee Service USA Cristo Rey High School Jesuit Secondary Education Association Dolores Mission Elementary School Jesuit Volunteer Corps Dolores Mission Parish National Jesuit Committee on Investment Responsibility Homeboy Industries PICO National Network Ignatian Volunteer Corps Los Angeles Ignatian Volunteer Corps San Diego ALASKA Jesuit Community at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church Brother Joe Prince Community Jesuit Community at the Jesuit School of Theology Jesuit Community of Fresno ALABAMA Jesuit Community of San Diego Casa Spring Hill College Jesuit Community of the Jesuit Retreat Center of Los Altos Spring Hill College Jesuit Community Jesuit High School, Sacramento Jesuit Novitiate of the Three Companions ARIZONA Jesuit Restorative Justice Initiative Brophy College Preparatory Jesuit Retreat Center of Los Altos Jesuit Community of Nogales Loyola House Jesuit Community, San Francisco Kino Border Initiative Loyola Institute for Spirituality Phoenix Jesuit Community Loyola Jesuit Community, Los Angeles St. Parish Loyola Marymount Jesuit Community Loyola Marymount University CALIFORNIA (continued) Taylor Street Jesuit Community Loyola Productions, Inc. Woodlawn Jesuit Community Manresa Jesuit Community of Anaheim Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church INDIANA Most Holy Trinity School Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School Murray Residence Jesuit Community Our Lady of Grace Nativity School IOWA Our Lady of Guadalupe Church Creighton University Retreat Center Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Santa Barbara Proyecto Pastoral, Los Angeles LOUISIANA Sacramento Jesuit Community Jesuit Fathers, Manresa Retreat House Sacred Heart Nativity School Jesuit Novitiate, Louisiana Santa Barbara Jesuit Community Jesuit Social Research Institute Santa Clara Jesuit Community Jesuit Volunteers - Henriette Delille House Jesuit Volunteers - Thomas Stahel House St. Agnes Parish Manresa Retreat House St. Ignatius Church, San Francisco St. Charles Borromeo Parish St. Ignatius Loyola Parish Stuart H. Smith Law Clinic & Center for University of San Francisco Social Justice, Loyola University College of Law The Jesuits of Grand Coteau Verbum Dei Work Study, Inc. Twomey Center for Peace through Justice at Xavier College Preparatory Loyola University Loyola University Jesuit Community CONNECTICUT Fairfield Jesuit Community MAINE Fairfield University Our Lady of Hope Parish, Portland Fairfield College Preparatory School St. Ignatius Jesuit Residence, Portland

COLORADO MARYLAND Arrupe Jesuit High School Catholic Community of St. Ignatius Parish Regis University Columbière Jesuit Community Georgetown Prep Jesuit Community North Bethesda, MD DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Georgetown Preparatory School Holy Trinity Jesuit Community Loyola on the Potomac Retreat House, Faulkner Holy Trinity Parish Loyola University Maryland Jesuit Community of Loyola University Maryland GEORGIA St. Church Atlanta Jesuit Community St. Ignatius Jesuit Community, Baltimore Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School St. Ignatius Ignatius House, Atlanta Jesuit Volunteers of Atlanta MASSACHUSETTS Blessed Jesuit Community, Boston ILLINOIS Detroit Province Staff Boston College High School Chicago Jesuit Academy at Resurrection Campus Boston College Jesuit Community Christ the King Cristo Rey High School Campion Health Center Ignatian Spirituality Project Campion Residence and Renewal Center Loyola University Chicago Jesuit Community, Campion Center Jesuit Volunteer Corps Chicago North Community Loyola House Jesuit Community, Boston St. Procopius/Holy Trinity Parishes Nativity School, Worcester St. Ignatius Parish, Chestnut Hill MICHIGAN NEW MEXICO Ann Arbor Jesuit Community Immaculate Conception Church Colombiere Center Jesuit Community Jesuits of Albuquerque Jesuit Community of Manresa, Jesuit Retreat House Jesuit Community of the University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy 14th Street Jesuit Community JVC Detroit 7 Mile America House Jesuit Community St. Mary Student Parish at the University of Michigan Brooklyn Jesuit Prep University of Detroit Mercy Jesuit Community University of Detroit Mercy Immigration Law Clinic Canisius Jesuit Community MINNESOTA Ciszek Hall Jesuit Community Cristo Rey Jesuit High School, Twin Cities Cristo Rey High School Ignatian Associates, Twin Cities Fordham Prep Ignatian Volunteer Corps, Minneapolis Jesuit Novitiate Jesuit Community of the Immaculate Conception Markoe Jesuit Community, Minneapolis Kohlmann Hall, Bronx, NY St. Thomas More Catholic Community LeMoyne College LeMoyne Jesuit Community MISSOURI Loyola School, New York City Pax Christi chapter of St. Louis University High School McQuaid Jesuit Community Department of Campus Ministry McQuaid Jesuit School of Rochester Saint Louis University High School Murray-Weigel Hall Jesuit Community White House Retreat Jesuit Community Regis High School, New York city Spellman Hall Jesuit Community at Fordham NEBRASKA St. Andrew Hall Community Center for Health Policy and Ethics St. Anthony's Jesuit Community Christian Life Community – North Central St. Anthony's Parish Creighton Center for Service and Justice St. Francis Xavier Church Creighton Prep St. Ignatius Jesuit Community Creighton Prep Jesuit Community St. Ignatius Loyola Parish Creighton University St. Ignatius School Creighton University Jesuit Community St. Michael's Jesuit Community Deglman Center for Ignatian Spirituality St. Michael's Parish Gesu Housing Westbury Jesuit Community Ignatian Associate Conservi (NE, WI, MN) Xavier High School Ignatian Associates, Omaha Xavier Jesuit Community Ignatian Volunteer Corps, Omaha Jesuit Academy, staff NORTH CAROLINA Mulumba House Jesuit Community Holy Cross Catholic Church, Durham St. Benedict the Moor Parish Jesuit Community of Eastern North Carolina St. John’s Parish St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Charlotte St. Raphael Catholic Church, Raleigh NEW HAMPSHIRE Sts. Mary and Joseph Parish Claver Jesuit Ministry NEW JERSEY Gesu Parish St. Peter’s Jesuit Community Jesuit Spiritual Center at Milford St. Peter's Prep St. Peter’s University John Carroll University Center for Service and Social Action John Carroll University Office of Campus Ministry OHIO (continued) Jesuit Journeys Editorial Board St. Ignatius High School Jesuit Retreat House St. John's Jesuit High School and Academy Jesuit Volunteer Corps, Milwaukee St. Xavier Church Marquette University Campus Ministry Marquette University Common Ground Marquette University High School PENNSYLVANIA Marquette University Jesuit Community Gesu School, Philadelphia Marquette University JUSTICE Scranton Jesuit Community Nativity Jesuit Middle School St. Joseph's Prep School, Philadelphia Orgullo Latino (Marquette High Hispanic Club) St. Joseph’s University Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish St. Joseph’s University Jesuit Community Pere Marquette Jesuit Community The Jesuit Center, Wernersville Sigma Lambda Gamma Sorority, Marquette University The University of Scranton St. Camillus Jesuit Community St. Patrick's Parish Wisconsin Province Social and SOUTH DAKOTA International Ministry Commission Holy Rosary Jesuit Community at , Inc. Kino Jesuit Community of South Dakota Sioux Spiritual Center St. Francis Mission St. Parish

TEXAS Houston Program Office of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas Jesuit Community at Montserrat Retreat House Jesuit Volunteers of Houston Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church The Jesuit Community of Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas

VIRGINIA Sacred Heart Center, Richmond Sacred Heart Parish, Richmond

WASHINGTON Arrupe Jesuit Community at Seattle University Seattle University SEEL-Spiritual Exercises in Everyday Life of Puget Sound

WEST VIRGINIA Wheeling Jesuit University Whelan Hall Jesuit Residence, Wheeling

WISCONSIN Arrupe Jesuit Community Casa Romero Renewal Center Gesu Parish Ignatian Associates, Milwaukee Jesuit Community, Oshkosh