Of course, most esteemed Senators and Cardinals, if one is illegal, obeying rules and regulations is not one's first inclination, is it?
Shall we all bash our foreheads against a brick wall repeatedly? It will accomplish as much good as this compromise legislation.
Not OUR foreheads....if you get my drift.
Yeah, they want all the illegals, when will they STFU and get back to what they are supposed to do. TEACH RELIGION, Christ said it "That man who enter not the front gate is a thief". now I maynot have the words exact but that is the essence of it, Look in JOHN.
Yes this is a good case for the church to stay out of state Business, as they are the ones that has caused the problem.
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The Cardinals need to get their pontifical asses down to Mexico, leading protests of the flocks of faithful against the injustice of the Mexican authorities that continues to produce the poverty there.
If their political advocacy on behalf of Mexican nationalism keeps up, the non-profit status of ALL American Catholic churches should be revoked.
American conservative Catholics should be outraged at their Cardinals shilling for a Mexican nationalist political movement.
There are thousands of non-Latino legal immigrants in my local community. THEY are outraged. They thought they were immigrating their families to a just nation where they could rely in the rule of law, not the rule of the mob, which many of them left behind. They don't understand why ONE foreign language, Spanish, should be raised above English, on THEIR children; this is not what THEY came to America for.
There is a GIANT lie, in the GOP, in the Demorats and in the media. The "movement" is not for immigrants, and not particularly not for legal immigrants and most particularly not for non-Hispanic immigrants. It is a movement pushing for the right of any Latino to set foot on U.S. soil and claim, by their presence, and by nothing else, the right to be here. It is a movement to use a planted mob of immigrants to change the political framework of north America, to disregard national sovereignty and our Constitution.
It is treason.
Would the Cardinals consider asking their hundereds of hopstitals to provide free care for these poor illegal souls?
I hope the lawmakers told them "Your Eminences, forgiveness for sin is your business, not ours. Let the illegals repent in their home countries and join in with the Church on cleaning up the greed and corruption that made them leave in the first place."
Thank you cardinals.
Gee did they happen to mention the innocent unborn. I doubt it.
THESE CARDINALS DON'T WANT THE USA TO ENFORCE THE IMMIGRATION LAWS. THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXCERPT FROM THE USCCB LETTER TO THE SENATORS URGING THEM NOT TO STRICTLY ENFORCE THE LAW:
They are dangerous because they have authority and reinforce people's liberal leanings. How often to they get involved in pro-life issues? Shame on all of them.
If they're going to encourage illegals to break the law, is it ok for the rest of us to pick and choose which laws we obey?
They're a bunch of socialists.
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Cardinals = Whores looking to fill their sunday baskets.
I don't like to see Cardinals come out on issues like this. It is their right, but they need to be very careful of what the implactions of their advocacy actually are. Here they are absolutely terrible.
These Cardinals are going on the record advocating humane treatment of foreign nationals on our soil. While I agree that humane treatment is to be regarded highly, isn't there another groups that needs to be treated humanely? Are U.S. Citizens being treated humanely? Is it humane to demand U.S. Citizens foot the bills for tens of millions of people? Is it humane to demand whole regions of our nation have their culture destroyed so it can be replaced by that of a foreign nation?
As a nation we have human rights. We have the right to devise laws that will govern how our nation operates. It is not inhumane to deny to foreign nationals.
Look folks, if we cannot devise and enforce rules to govern our borders then we simply cannot devise and enforce any rules at all.
If we cannot deny access to foreign nationals, how can we expect them to honor any of our other laws? They are after all citizens of another nation. Our laws do not apply to them. If our border laws are unreasonable, then what's to stop foreign nationals from claiming that any of our other laws are unreasonable, or that it is simply unreasonable to enforce those laws against them.
Where does it stop? Well, it doesn't.
As a citizen of this nation, I am subject to its laws. These Cardinals are claiming that foreign nationals are not. They are saying that concerns for humane treatment trumps the ability of the United States to enforce its laws. Today it's the border laws. Tomorrow it will be the laws against entitlements for foreign nationals. Then it will laws regarding certain practices that are okay in their nation of origion.
These priests are advocating the opening pandora's box. Sorry, no sale.
Translation: We want to grow the Church on the US Taxpayer's back.
Did I hear someone say "compassion" again? Oh, good, I love to talk about compassion.
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There is no compassion in filling a man's stomach or his pocketbook by relieving him of his responsibilities in life. Illegal aliens have abandoned their own house in order to be comfortable in ours. By so doing neither can be the master of his own house and both will be enemies in the street. This is our house, the U.S. of A., and it is our responsibility to set the rules in it.
The issue of a guest worker program is separate from the issue of illegal aliens. If illegal aliens take jobs from Americans (and they do) they take even more jobs from foreign nationals who apply by the legal route to work here and wait years for the chance. Illegal aliens steal that chance from them.
They are different groups of people, regardless of their country of origin, and the political issues that concern them are different in their effects and needs. Confusing the two may be lethal to our society, economy and sovereignty.
We already have a guest worker program, which may indeed need to be reformed. But illegal aliens are those who have not applied to be guest workers. There are 11 million of them by some estimates, 20 million by others. The only thing needing reform concerning illegal aliens is to enforce the existing laws respecting their presence and their employment here. Our sovereignty and rule-of-law demand it.
Border security is the number one problem in this debate. The flood of illegal aliens is a major factor in relation to our lack of border security but it is only one factor. There is also a matter of national security in a time of war and in an age when terrorists have set their sights on inflicting mass destruction on our society.
After the issues of border security and millions of illegal foreign nationals on our soil the matter of guest workers is very small in comparison. Until the first two problems are thoroughly and firmly addressed the guest worker issue should not even be discussed.
The President and the Senate need to get that message with unambiguous resolve.
The best methods to control the border have been studied and debated for a long time now. There are many good ideas and proven solutions. What is lacking is only the will to do it. The cost of controlling our borders will be insignificant compared to the price we will pay, both in security and economy, if we do not.
It would be nice to help everyone in the world lift themselves up out of poverty. But we cannot take that responsibility upon ourselves especially if we ignore our own welfare to the point that we are no longer prosperous.
Other nations of the world have an obligation to help their citizens every bit as much as we have to help ours. It is one thing to help other nations prosper it is quite another to relieve them of their own responsibilities. Beyond that it is simply not realistic to think that poverty can be ended around the world. We still have some in this great nation.
We must stop pandering to American employers who criminally employ illegal foreign nationals. Dry up the jobs and illegal foreign nationals will go home. Home where they can do what they must to put their house in order just as we must put ours in order.
If the Cardinals are advising on politics, then their entity is a taxable entity.