August 2019

August 14, 2019

OPW Statement on New “Public Charge” Regulation

Posted 9:27am

August 13 – Washington, DC Yesterday, the Trump administration announced that it is implementing a new “public charge” regulation as it continues to attempt to greatly reduce immigration levels into the United States. This new criteria, Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds, will take effect on October 15th and will greatly expand the definition of… Read more »

August 12, 2019

Statement on Gun Violence and Recent Mass Shootings

Posted 10:00am

“33 And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”)… 37 With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last. 38 The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. 39 And when the centurion, who stood there in front of… Read more »

August 5, 2019

Statement on the Federal Death Penalty

Posted 8:19am

Capital punishment has been a widely debated topic in the United States for many years. In 1972, following the Furman v. Georgia Supreme Court decision, the death penalty was deemed unconstitutional and outlawed at the state and federal levels. However, it was reinstated by most states and the federal government by 1988 and expanded by… Read more »

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