Posted on 02/24/2017 7:23:32 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Edited on 02/24/2017 9:42:19 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
Apparently, that well known piece of advice from the Bible is falling on deaf ears in southern California.
A network of churches is organizing resistance to the new immigration enforcement policies of the federal government by developing a network of "safe houses" to shelter illegal alien families from deportation.
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.
Mainstream Church Hierarchy will not let them continue in the end if it sees the effect of it as a cut into their vig on the intake. Just ain’t gonna happen.
I fear that they are past the tipping point. The plague in actuality has been a full blown invasion. They view it as a reconquest, not a social issue.
Kalifornia politicians are too stupid to see that because they are awash in their own rhetoric of Trump bashing disguised as self-righteousness.
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
Church should lose its 503 exemption if they break or obstruct federal law...
Julian Assange may be the only human being who can stand living in a basement for that long.
The words..”Conspiracy to Obstruction of Justice” comes to mind... then “RICO”
What the churches are trying to do probably sounds good on paper to them,
= = =
Trying to copy the Underground Railroad,
but will end up with an Underground Hollywood Station.
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 $10,000 or five years imprisonment.25
Enforcement
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State and local law enforcement officials have the general power to investigate and arrest violators of federal immigration statutes without prior INS knowledge or approval, as long as they are authorized to do so by state law. There is “no extant federal limitation” on this authority. The 1996 immigration control legislation passed by Congress was intended to encourage states and local agencies to participate in the process of enforcing federal immigration laws.28
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Private persons and entities may initiate civil suits to obtain injunctions and treble damages against enterprises that conspire or actually violate federal alien smuggling, harboring, or document fraud statutes under the Racketeer-Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO).32 The “pattern of racketeering” activity is defined as commission of two or more of the listed crimes. A RICO “enterprise” can be any individual legal entity, or a group of individuals who are not a legal entity but are associated in fact, and can include non-profit associations.
http://www.fairus.org/issue/the-law-against-hiring-or-harboring-illegal-aliens
Most WCC member churches will likely get ‘social ministry’ money from their denomination, like Catholic Charities and LIRS provide RCC and ELCA congregations. And that has fed tie$.
That’s fine but a so called safe house is not a church and therefore not a sanctuary. They will be found
Well, there are just too many of the reconquistas in positions of power now, along with the cucks.
How many of you people running this thing lock your doors at night???
If you do, why????
All you “open borders” fools need to start an “open doors” policy at your homes...
couldnt these bleeding heart Catholics use their time better by going down to Mexico and building houses and small businesses so these aliens could return to their very own rich vibrant culture?
Or Sid Caesar for that matter.
Cesar Romero did legitimate work on screen.
With good internet, Amazon delivery, and good classic TV DVD collection, I probably could.
Just no printers.
Most churches are exempt from paying taxes. When then start playing in politics to this extent, remove their tax exemption.
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