Two Feet In | Writing and the Institution

“Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in our lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope.  Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore we must be saved by faith.  Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore we must be saved by love.  No virtuous act is quite as virtuous from the standpoint of our friend or foe as it is from our standpoint. Therefore we must be saved by the final form of love which is forgiveness.”  ― Reinhold Niebuhr, The Irony of American History Review and Updates We would like you to build on our previous two articles to explain the threat to migrants in our community after the current executive ending of DACA — Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals — and the federal Administration’s attack on all undocumented migrants. Further, our previous articles focused on the State of Texas’s threat against undocumented migrants, including c...

A version of this is published in the current issue of the LSCS  Advocate . Part 1 is here. Our Undocumented Students -- Part 2 The Threat of the State It does not allow that the sacrifices imposed on a few are outweighed by the larger sum of advantages enjoyed by many. Therefore in a just society the liberties of equal citizenship are taken as settled; the rights secured by justice are not subject to political bargaining or to the calculus of social interests. ― John Rawls, A Theory of Justice In May 2017, Texas Governor Abbott signed a bill meant to ban “sanctuary cities” in Texas by requiring that all local police — including college campus police — cooperate with federal immigration authorities. The bill makes it illegal for a local authority to have any policy that stops an officer from requesting information about immigration status, and it threatens jail time for any leaders who don’t honor requests to hold inmates who may be subject to deportation. Oppo...