I simply cannot wait to hear the Catholic Republic wing of Free Republic defend this slap in the face to our country.
One out of every five Americans, myself included, is Catholic. If Catholics wanted illegals to get amnesty there wouldn't be a thing you or anyone else could do about it. The massive outrage over amnesty bills and the backpedaling by politicians seems to refute your position that this is some sort of RCC policy. If it was you'd be speaking Spanish now.
Since so many Americans are Catholics the mere numbers alone will guarantee that there will be some who behave like the people in the article. Don't try and paint everyone with the same brush.
Our country maintains this ridiculous de facto immigration policy whereby almost anyone who scurries across the border successfully gets to stay indefinitely. Most immigrants to our country choose to enter illegally because that status confers a more favorable package of rights and benefits without the hassle of almost impenetrable and certainly incomprehensible bureaucratic red tape. These shelters exist because of this set of legal and political circumstances in the United States of America.
If we finally muster the political will and undertake some simple steps, then these shelters will transition their mission toward providing for the welfare of unsuccessful migrants and their safe return to their respective points of origin or safe establishment in the affluent border communities. But WE in the United States of America MUST:
(1) Secure our entire southwestern border using fencing and other technologies and regularly patrolling said easily identified and defensible border at all hours of day and night every day of the year, even weekends.
(2) Establish a simple, speedy, open, and effective method of processing immigration petitions, incorporating communications technology and electronic records and ending decades-long waiting periods and bureaucratic snafus.
(3) In cooperation with the Mexican government to avoid prolific increases in crime in that country, deport all non-citizens convicted of a felony and not pardoned or granted other clemency for such offense. We need to reduce the influence of Hispanic gangs in this country and deprive them of sources of income.
Guess the Native American Indians who helped the first settlers of America were wrong for helping them.
And the Franciscans who helped the early settlers and Indians and Spanish Explorers.
And the Catholic chaplains who gave their lives on the battlefield while saving lives and souls were not good either.
Or the early orders of Sisters who gave free education to the poor children in America were wrong too eh?
Or the Catholics who championed the cause of labor reform and liberty in America- they were all bad too eh ?
As well as the Catholic Hospitals that gave free care to poor mothers and helpless parents, and prayed with the families...
soo harmful to America ?
And now the Catholic church is hurting and you try and heap more abuse on it ?
Think before you judge so harshly