The author cited the wrong scripture. That quote was from Mark 12:17
Romans 13:1, which the author cites, reads thusly:
“Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.”
Arrest them for aiding and abetting. Problem solved.
Well, then, "Pastor," I hope you're also going to shelter rapists, bank robbers, and murderers, shielding them from arrest and incarceration. Wouldn't want to separate them from their families.
Isn’t that cute. Here they’re thinking they’re gonna get bankrolled by the government like they have been for illegals dispersement (and now they WON’T)......Lord help them if they think the Pope or somebody in Church Hierarchy is gonna foot the bill... hahahahahahaha! That crap will stop as soon as the bigwigs in the church get the bills.
The Democrats have to fight tooth and nail to save their largest voting bloc, but in the process they’re alienating more Americans. Rush was so right on his show a few days back when he said one of the best things resulting from the Trump presidency is that the lefties can’t hide anymore. The president is forcing these people to the surface where we can see them out in the open. They have no choice. Their entire political operation is on the line, and they’re desperate.
I guess this is one way for “churches” to fill the pews.
Prosecute them.
SoCal has suffered enough from the massive illegal alien plague.
It’s time to make the enablers pay for their role in ruining the state.
Great. Let the burden of supporting illegal aliens fall on the “resistors” and bankrupt them.
Remove the tax deductibility of donations to the “aiding & abetting” churches as well as their non-profit status. Soon THEY will be seeking sanctuary!
“Render unto Cesar Romero, what is Cesar Romero’s” said no Jesus anywhere
They should be held responsible if their illegals harm a US Citizen.
OK, they are in the little hiding spot.
Then what?
Day two... then what?
Day three... then what?
Typical lib-rat single move thinking.
They just can’t see move two, three, four...
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What the churches are trying to do probably sounds good on paper to them, but is totally impractical in the long term. They will secretly house, feed, clothe and support hundreds or thousands of families? Ridiculous. Imagine the expense and the logistics involved. Fine, let them do it. They will be bankrupted in weeks.
Charge them with harboring illegal aliens.
It is a federal offense.
This is all nonsense. Typical of ‘the church’.
These aliens are here to work. If they’re in hiding they’re not working and somebody has to feed them. How many? How long?
eVerify as soon as possible. Cut off the benefits. Two of the magnets removed w/o too much effort.
It should be noted that the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) has several “predicate offenses”, any *two* of which are enough to define “racketeering activity”.
One of these is:
“Bringing in, aiding or assisting aliens in illegally entering the country (if the action was for financial gain).”
On the surface, it would appear that these churches could claim that what they were doing was *not* for financial gain. However, if they are receiving outside money to abet them in doing this, it may either expose them to RICO, or almost as good, to losing their non-profit status as churches.
But “obstruction of justice”, such as a criminal conspiracy to prevent the arrest of criminal aliens, is *another* RICO predicate offense.
And, icing on the cake, yet another RICO predicate offense include those statutes against slavery and human trafficking. This is actually different from the other offense of smuggling illegal aliens, because it has to do with the *purpose* of those aliens once in the US. For example, prostitution of women and children. Or if those illegal aliens are being controlled by a “mule”, who will not let them go until their family gives them money.
God and Caesar bump
The words..”Conspiracy to Obstruction of Justice” comes to mind... then “RICO”
The Law Against Hiring or Harboring Illegal Aliens
Encouraging and Harboring Illegal Aliens.........
It is a violation of law for any person to conceal, harbor, or shield from detection in any place, including any building or means of transportation, any alien who is in the United States in violation of law.16 Harboring means any conduct that tends to substantially facilitate an alien to remain in the U.S. illegally.
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It is also a felony to encourage or induce an alien to come to or reside in the U.S. knowing or recklessly disregarding the fact that the alien’s entry or residence is in violation of the law.20 This crime applies to any person, rather than just employers of illegal aliens. Courts have ruled that “encouraging” includes counseling illegal aliens to continue working in the U.S. or assisting them to complete applications with false statements or obvious “errors”.21 The fact that the alien is a refugee fleeing persecution is not a defense to this felony, since U.S. law and the UN Protocol on Refugees both require that a refugee must report to immigration authorities “without delay” upon entry to the U.S.
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The penalty for felony harboring is a fine and imprisonment for up to five years. The penalty for felony alien smuggling is a fine and up to ten years imprisonment. Where the crime causes serious bodily injury or places the life of any person in jeopardy, the penalty is a fine and up to 20 years imprisonment. If the criminal smuggling or harboring results in the death “of any person,” the penalty can include life imprisonment. Convictions for aiding, abetting, or conspiracy to commit alien smuggling or harboring, carry the same penalties. 22 Courts can impose consecutive prison sentences for each alien smuggled or harbored.23 A court may order a convicted smuggler to pay restitution if the alien smuggled qualifies as a “victim” under the Victim and Witness Protection Act.24
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Conspiracy to commit the crimes of sheltering, harboring, or employing illegal aliens is a separate federal offense punishable by a fine of up to $10,000 or five years imprisonment.25
Enforcement
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State and local law enforcement officials have the general power to investigate and arrest violators of federal immigration statutes without prior INS knowledge or approval, as long as they are authorized to do so by state law. There is “no extant federal limitation” on this authority. The 1996 immigration control legislation passed by Congress was intended to encourage states and local agencies to participate in the process of enforcing federal immigration laws.28
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Private persons and entities may initiate civil suits to obtain injunctions and treble damages against enterprises that conspire or actually violate federal alien smuggling, harboring, or document fraud statutes under the Racketeer-Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO).32 The “pattern of racketeering” activity is defined as commission of two or more of the listed crimes. A RICO “enterprise” can be any individual legal entity, or a group of individuals who are not a legal entity but are associated in fact, and can include non-profit associations.
http://www.fairus.org/issue/the-law-against-hiring-or-harboring-illegal-aliens
That’s fine but a so called safe house is not a church and therefore not a sanctuary. They will be found