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Bishop Slattery calls for secure borders, immigration reform [Tulsa, OK]
Catholic Culture.org ^ | May 07, 2010

Posted on 05/07/2010 7:05:42 AM PDT by Alex Murphy

As Oklahoma legislators ponder legislation on immigration, Bishop Edward Slattery of Tulsa has issued a statement calling for secure borders and immigration reform.

“It is the clear teaching of the Catholic Church that sovereign nations have the right to control their borders; but the corollary of this teaching must also be upheld: when our nation’s demand for labor attracts a massive number of potential immigrants, the United States must do what it can to establish an orderly process whereby needed workers can enter the country in a legal, safe and dignified manner to obtain jobs or to reunite themselves with family members,” Bishop Slattery said in his statement.

He continued:

However in recent years, the federal government has neither protected the sovereignty of our borders, nor has it provided a realistic means for workers to enter the country legally. Instead it has allowed millions of immigrants to enter the country illegally for the sake of our economy; while leaving it to state and local governments to deal with the resultant chaos of millions of valuable workers who have no legal identity, no automobile insurance (and are unable to obtain it), no health coverage (with no funds to pay for it) and no means of acquiring legal residency …

Without detailing the deficiencies either of the new law in Arizona or of the proposed legislation in Oklahoma, let me propose five principles which might serve to guide our work in implementing comprehensive immigration reform:



TOPICS: Catholic; Ministry/Outreach; Religion & Culture; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: aliens; freform; immigration
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To: GCC Catholic

“What do you mean by “allow the cancer to remain in place”?”

The man’s suggestions mostly seemed to ensure that not only can the illegal parasites that are here get to stay, they get to be made legal as well. For that we get a promise of a secure border.

to that I say....1986.


21 posted on 05/08/2010 8:15:20 AM PDT by Grunthor (Over YOUR dead body!)
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