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Prayer vigil held outside Supreme Court over Immigration law
by Napp Nazworth April 26, 2012
Newscast Media WASHINGTON, D.C—A coalition of groups from the religious left held a prayer vigil and "Jericho march" at the Supreme Court this week. The court was hearing arguments in a case on the constitutionality of an Arizona immigration law.
The 48-hour prayer vigil began Monday and ended Wednesday morning, the day of the court hearings, with a "Jericho march" around the Supreme Court building. Over 1,000 people were reportedly participating in the march, which was named after the Battle of Jericho from the book of Joshua in which God brought victory to the Israelites after they marched around Jericho and the city walls fell down.
It will be a "sad day in the life of America" if the Supreme Court upholds Arizona's immigration law, Lisa Sharon Harper told The Christian Post in a Wednesday interview. In particular, Harper was concerned about "the most heinous pieces" of the law "that legalize racial profiling."
Harper is the director of mobilizing for Sojourners, one of the groups that participated in the vigil.
The law in question, Arizona's S.B. 1070, would, among other things, require law enforcement to verify the citizenship status of anyone detained or arrested if there is "reasonable suspicion" that they are in the country illegally, require non-citizens to carry documentation showing they are in the country legally, and make it a state crime to be in the country illegally.
The court is being asked to decide if Arizona has the authority to pass such laws, or if immigration laws are the sole authority of the federal government.
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