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	LCMSNews -- No. 2
	January 8, 2004

	LIRS official: Upcoming film raises
	awareness about political asylum

	The president of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service
(LIRS), Baltimore, says he hopes a film premiering Jan. 19. on cable
television moves the hearts of Lutherans and other Americans to join us
in welcoming those seeking political asylum.

	In an LIRS news release, Ralston Deffenbaugh says the film,
Chasing Freedom, reminds us not only of the peril asylum seekers face
when they flee war and persecution in search of freedom, but of our
responsibility as a country to greet them with humanity and justice when
they arrive on our shores.

	The film is scheduled for 8 p.m. (Eastern time), Jan. 19 on the
Court TV channel.

	The release encourages Lutheran church groups and others to
watch the film, discuss related faith-based questions at the
www.lirs.org <http://www.lirs.org>  Web site, and to write letters to
their representatives in Congress, urging them to support the
Unaccompanied Alien Child Protection Act now before Congress.

	That act would help protect foreign-born children in the United
States who are not accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.

	In addition to the discussion guide, the Web site has a sample
letter, devotional material on political-asylum issues, and a list of
dates and locations for sneak-preview showings of the film.

	Chasing Freedom, inspired by actual events, tells the story of
Libby Brock, a corporate lawyer who takes on the pro-bono case of Meena,
an Afghan woman seeking political asylum in the United States.

	The LIRS news release says the film offers a sobering portrayal
of the nearly insurmountable obstacles that asylum seekers face.

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