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“All persons equally deserve the ability to pursue their dreams and contribute to their communities and families with liberty, dignity, and freedom.” January 12, 2015 Over one hundred Episcopal Church bishops have joined Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori in welcoming President Obama’s decision to offer relief from deportation to millions of undocumented community members and to reform certain harmful immigration enforcement policies. “I give thanks for President Obama’s announcement that nearly five million undocumented immigrants will soon be eligible for relief from the threat of deportation,” the letter states. In the statement, the Presiding Bishop and the bishops call upon the 114th Congress and the Obama Administration to work together to implement the executive orders quickly, fairly, and inclusively, and ask that Congress and the Administration continue to work together in pursuit of just and permanent solutions to our nation’s broken immigration system. The statement and the signatories follow: Together with families and communities across the United States, I give thanks for President Obama’s announcement that nearly five million undocumented immigrants will soon be eligible for relief from the threat of deportation. Too many families have lived for too long continually worried about parents being separated from children, wage-earners and caregivers from those who depend on them, and unable to participate fully in their communities and the nation’s economy. Permanent and comprehensive reform of our broken immigration system through congressional action is still urgently needed, but the President’s action is a constructive step toward a system that honors the dignity and intrinsic value of every human being. It will immediately strengthen our nation’s communities by allowing immigrant families much fuller participation in American civic and economic life. The Episcopal Church will work with Congressional leaders and the White House to press for implementation of the President’s plan as quickly, fairly, and inclusively as possible. The President’s plan is not perfect. Some deserving persons and families are excluded, meaning that additional work lies ahead. All persons equally deserve the ability to pursue their dreams and contribute to their communities and families with liberty, dignity, and freedom. I pray that the President’s action will lead our nation toward a future in which those sacred possibilities are open to all. The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori Presiding Bishop and Primate The Episcopal Church The Right Rev. Stacy F. Sauls Chief Operating Officer The Episcopal Church The Right Rev. James B. Magness Bishop Suffragan for Armed Forces and Federal Ministries Arizona The Right Rev. Kirk Stevan Smith, Ph.D, D. D. Bishop of Arizona Arkansas The Right Rev. Larry Benfield Bishop of Arkansas California The Right Rev. Marc Andrus Bishop of California The Right Rev. J. Jon Bruno, D.D. Bishop of Los Angeles The Right Rev. Diane M. Jardine Bruce Bishop Suffragan of Los Angeles The Right Rev. Mary D. Glasspool Bishop Suffragan of Los Angeles The Right Rev. Frederick H. Borsch V Bishop of Los Angeles The Right Rev. Barry L. Beisner Bishop of Northern California The Right Rev. James R. Mathes Bishop of San Diego The Right Rev. David C. Rice Bishop of San Joaquin Colorado The Right Rev. Robert O'Neill Bishop of Colorado Connecticut The Right Rev. Andrew D. Smith XIV Bishop of Connecticut The Right Rev. James E. Curry Bishop Suffragan of Connecticut (Ret) Delaware The Right Rev. Wayne P. Wright Bishop of Delaware District of Columbia The Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde Bishop of Washington The Right Rev. John Bryson Chane VIII Bishop of Washington Florida The Right Rev. William H. Folwell II Bishop of Central Florida The Right Rev. Philip M. Duncan II, D.Min. Bishop of the Central Gulf Coast The Right Rev. Leo Frade Bishop of Southeast Florida The Right Rev. John L. Said Bishop Suffragan of Southeast Florida (Ret) The Right Rev. Rogers S. Harris III Bishop of Southwest Florida The Right Rev. J. Michael Garrison Assisting Bishop of Southwest Florida (X Bishop of Western New York) The Right Rev. Barry R. Howe Assisting Bishop of Southwest Florida (VII Bishop of West Missouri) Georgia The Right Rev. Robert Christopher Wright Bishop of Atlanta Hawaii The Right Rev. Robert L. Fitzpatrick Bishop of Hawaii and the Episcopal Church in Micronesia The Right Rev. Richard S.O. Chang X Bishop of Hawaii Idaho The Right Rev. Brian Thom Bishop of Idaho Illinois The Right Rev. C. Christopher Epting Assisting Bishop of Chicago (VII Bishop of Iowa) The Right Rev. Jeffrey Lee Bishop of Chicago Indiana The Right Rev. Catherine Waynick Bishop of Indianapolis Kansas The Right Rev. Dean E. Wolfe Vice President of the House of Bishops, Bishop of Kansas The Right Rev. William E. Smalley VIII Bishop of Kansas Kentucky The Right Rev. David B. Reed VI Bishop of Kentucky The Right Rev. Douglas Hahn, D. Min. Bishop of Lexington Maine The Right Rev. Stephen T. Lane Bishop of Maine Maryland The Right Rev. Martin G. Townsend IX Bishop of Easton The Right Rev. Eugene Taylor Sutton Bishop of Maryland Massachusetts The Right Rev. Bud Cederholm Bishop Suffragan of Massachusetts (Ret) The Right Rev. Douglas Fisher Bishop of Western Massachusetts The Right Rev. Gordon P. Scruton VIII Bishop of Western Massachusetts Michigan The Right Rev. Todd Ousley Bishop of Eastern Michigan The Right Rev. Dr. Edwin M. Leidel, Jr. I Bishop of Eastern Michigan The Right Rev. Wendell N. Gibbs, Jr. Bishop of Michigan The Right Rev. R Stewart Wood, Jr. IX Bishop of Michigan The Right Rev. Rayford Ray Bishop of Northern Michigan Minnesota The Right Rev. Brian N. Prior Bishop of Minnesota Missouri The Right Rev. Hays Rockwell IX Bishop of Missouri The Right Rev. Martin S. Field Bishop of West Missouri Montana The Right Rev. Charles I. Jones, DD VIII Bishop of Montana Navajoland Area Mission The Right Rev. David E. Bailey Bishop of Navajoland Area Mission Nebraska The Right Rev. Joe Goodwin Burnett X Bishop of Nebraska New Hampshire The Right Rev. A. Robert Hirschfeld Bishop of New Hampshire The Right Rev. V. Gene Robinson IX Bishop of New Hampshire New Jersey The Right Rev. Mark M. Beckwith Bishop of Newark The Right Rev. William H. (Chip) Stokes Bishop of New Jersey New Mexico The Right Rev. Dr. Michael Louis Vono Bishop of the Rio Grande New York The Right Rev. Gladstone B. Adams III Bishop of Central New York The Right Rev. Lawrence C. Provenzano Bishop of Long Island The Right Rev. Chilton Knudsen Assisting Bishop of Long Island (VII Bishop of Maine) The Right Rev. Prince G. Singh Bishop of Rochester The Right Rev. Jack M. McKelvey VII Bishop of Rochester North Carolina The Right Rev. Michael Bruce Curry Bishop of North Carolina The Right Rev. Anne Hodges-Copple Bishop Suffragan of North Carolina The Right Rev. J. Gary Gloster Bishop Suffragan of North Carolina (Ret) The Right Rev. G. Porter Taylor Bishop of Western North Carolina The Right Rev. Robert Johnson V Bishop of Western North Carolina North Dakota The Right Rev. Harold A. Hopkins, Jr. IX Bishop of North Dakota Ohio The Right Rev. Mark Hollingsworth, Jr. Bishop of Ohio The Right Rev. David C. Bowman Assisting Bishop of Ohio (IX Bishop of Western New York) The Right Rev. William D. Persell Assisting Bishop of Ohio (XI Bishop of Chicago) The Right Rev. Arthur B. Williams, Jr. Bishop Suffragan of Ohio (Ret) The Right Rev. Thomas E. Breidenthal Bishop of Southern Ohio Oregon The Right Rev. Bavi Edna Rivera Provisional Bishop of Eastern Oregon The Right Rev. William O. Gregg, Ph.D. VI Bishop of Eastern Oregon The Right Rev. Michael J. Hanley Bishop of Oregon Pennsylvania The Right Rev. Robert R. Gepert Provisional Bishop of Central Pennsylvania The Right Rev. Nathan D. Baxter X Bishop of Central Pennsylvania The Right Rev. Charlie F. McNutt, Jr. VIII Bishop of Central Pennsylvania The Right Rev. Clifton Daniel Bishop of Pennsylvania (VII Bishop of East Carolina) The Right Rev. Charles E. Bennison, Jr. XV Bishop of Pennsylvania The Right Rev. Allen Bartlett XIV Bishop of Pennsylvania The Right Rev. Rodney R. Michel Assisting Bishop of Pennsylvania (Bishop Suffragan of Long Island (Ret)) The Right Rev. Edward L. Lee, Jr. Assisting Bishop of Pennsylvania (VII Bishop of Western Michigan) Rhode Island The Right Rev. W. Nicholas Knisely Bishop of Rhode Island South Carolina The Right Rev. W. Andrew Waldo Bishop of Upper South Carolina Tennessee The Right Rev. George D. Young, III Bishop of East Tennessee The Right Rev. Don E. Johnson Bishop of West Tennessee The Right Rev. James M. Coleman II Bishop of West Tennessee Texas The Right Rev. Rayford B. High, Jr. Provisional Bishop of Fort Worth The Right Rev. J. Scott Mayer Bishop of Northwest Texas The Right Rev. C. Andrew Doyle Bishop of Texas Vermont The Right Rev. Thomas C. Ely Bishop of Vermont Virginia The Right Rev. Frank Neff Powell V Bishop of Southwestern Virginia The Right Rev. Susan E. Goff Bishop Suffragan of Virginia Washington The Right Rev. Gregory H. Rickel Bishop of Olympia The Right Rev. Sanford Z. K. Hampton Assisting Bishop of Olympia The Right Rev. James E. Waggoner, Jr. Bishop of Spokane West Virginia The Right Rev. William Klusmeyer Bishop of West Virginia Wyoming The Right Rev. Bob G. Jones VII Bishop of Wyoming Europe The Right Rev. Pierre W. Whalon Bishop of the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe Haiti The Right Rev. Jean Zache Duracin Bishop of Haiti .

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