[The_Republican]

Quote:

The pontiff, asked by reporters on his flight to the U.S. Tuesday if he would address Hispanic immigration, said the U.S. must do "everything possible to fight ... all forms of violence so that immigrants may lead dignified lives."

If these exact words had come out of McCain's mouth........FR would have melted due to angry posts.

[aft_lizard]

As we should, the Pope isnt running for President however.

[1rudeboy]

I don't think that's what set Rep Tancredo off. I'd like to see why he thinks the Pope "added his voice to the open borders lobby by encouraging the president to give the 20 to 30 million illegal aliens in this country a free pass to stay here."

I'm not saying that he di or he didn't. I just don't know, and no one appears to be saying what actually happened.

[Vigilanteman]

Well, one way to fight violence would be to deport the gang-bangers, but McCain voted against that proposal.

Here are the Senators who voted against the Cornyn amendment , which would have established a permanent bar for gang members, terrorists, and other criminals looking to snag a shamnesty visa. Republicans underlined:

Another way to interpret the Pope's remark is that we should give illegal aliens a nice, peaceful ride home so as to avoid violence in this country bu those reaching for the bottom rungs of the economic ladder.

[CharlesWayneCT]

He didn’t say “illegal”.

However, the Catholic Church isn’t quite as concerned about country boundaries, being focused on getting people over the boundary into the next life in Heaven.

Tancredo of course knows a lot better than the Pope.