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We are not healthy and well, as a culture, when we turn so angrily on the stranger, the immigrant, the so-called 'other.' We miss the complex relationship between the American economy and immigration reform. We miss the spiritual maturity required of thoughtful people. Today, the governor of Arizona passed a draconian law essentially demonizing immigrants - legal and illegal - across her state. Christians simply must speak out for better, wiser public policy. And we must resist the politics of division and contempt.