" Tancredo’s bill, H.R. 4321, would repeal the agricultural appropriations rider inserted by Senator Bob Bennett which allows religious groups to “conceal, harbor or shield” illegal aliens from federal law enforcement. "
I am generally against any kind of amnesty or protection for illegal immigrants. But church sanctuary has a thousand year plus history so I have mixed feelings.
Yeah, but when the Catholic church gave sanctuary, the priests themselves weren't criminals as well. This law allows any terrorist cleric and his followers immunity as long as they are in their mosque.
How many Catholic churches do you see with stashes of guns and bombs? There is a fundamental difference in culture from the defintion of santuary that you are used to (for thousands of years) and how it would be applied in reality (with Islamic terrorists).