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Bishop answers readers' tough questions about immigration
OSV ^ | May 16, 2010 | Bishop John C. Wester

Posted on 05/08/2010 8:33:35 AM PDT by GonzoII

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To: lastchance

The demand for illegal workers will not change if amnesty is given to those that are illegal now. The reason employers hire illegals is cheap wages, few if any benefits, and they will tolerate unsafe or otherwise undesirable working conditions better than legal workers. If we gave all illegals citizenship tomorrow- the new citizen workers would not work for low wages, etc and would move to better jobs. Their employers would be looking for a new crop of illegals to exploit. That is why amnesty is not a solution.


21 posted on 05/08/2010 5:33:01 PM PDT by Tammy8 (~Secure the border and deport all illegals- do it now! ~ Support our Troops!~)
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To: HiJinx; yorkie; Quix; AZamericonnie; stephenjohnbanker; Borax Queen; All

22 posted on 05/08/2010 6:40:06 PM PDT by tiapam
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To: tiapam; yorkie

LOVE IT.

Hope the little needles etc. are going well, at least better.

LUB AND YORKIE, TOO.


23 posted on 05/08/2010 6:42:19 PM PDT by Quix (BLOKES who got us where we R: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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To: Tammy8

I tend to agree with you.


24 posted on 05/08/2010 6:59:33 PM PDT by lastchance (Hug your babies.)
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To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL
John 10:1

Readin' The Good Book on your own again, ya bluddy heretic? It's bread and water in a Papal Jail for you, me bucko. And you'll be thankin' your Lucky Charms The Inquisition has softened up lately.

For your Penance, say 14 Hail Mary's and 24 Our Fathers in Spanish. Go now, and sin no more, my son. And don't let me hear of you listening to that wicked Eyetalian heretic, Father Bascio .. or lookin'him up on that internet thing, neither!

25 posted on 05/08/2010 10:54:07 PM PDT by Kenny Bunk (Obama. He'll bring back States' Rights. In the meantime, this ain't gonna be pretty.)
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To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL

” 1”I tell you the truth, the man who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber.”
John 10:1 NIV

Thank you. Perfect!


26 posted on 05/09/2010 6:15:08 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (Support our troops....and vote out the RINOS!)
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To: John-Irish

AMEN, BROTHER !!


27 posted on 05/09/2010 6:16:19 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (Support our troops....and vote out the RINOS!)
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To: kabar

SORRY, NO AMNESTY.


28 posted on 05/09/2010 6:17:19 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (Support our troops....and vote out the RINOS!)
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To: Jeff Chandler
Here is a study that demonstrates that importing poor, uneducated, and unskilled immigrants costs the US government more in various benefits than they pay in taxes. 53% of immigrant headed households are on welfare. Yet we continue to import poverty to the tune of 1.2 million legal immigrants a year.

Importing Poverty: Immigration and Poverty in the United States: A Book of Charts--Robert Rector, The Heritage Foundation

29 posted on 05/09/2010 6:25:39 AM PDT by kabar
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To: vladimir998

Here is MY tough question for them:

“Why stop at amnesty for 11,000,000 illegal immigrants? Aren’t there hundreds of millions who want to find work and earn a ‘living wage’? Why not bring them ALL in to America? Or why not have America pay them all a ‘living wage’ to stay out? Surely a country that borrowed 1,400 BILLION this year alone could borrow 5,000 BILLION from somewhere?

or,

Why does the Catholic Church support MEXICAN illegal immigration? Isn’t it aware that Filipinos and poor people all over the world want to come? Couldn’t it, as a ‘global organization’ sponsor ships to bring in millions of Filipinos and Chinese so that THEY could also earn a ‘living wage’? Why should Mexicans get in free, while others wait?


30 posted on 05/09/2010 6:37:51 AM PDT by Mr Rogers
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To: Mr Rogers

Your second question won’t work. Catholic prelates are just as supportive of illegals from EVERYWHERE as they are from Mexico.


31 posted on 05/09/2010 6:42:36 AM PDT by vladimir998 (Part of the Vast Catholic Conspiracy (hat tip to Kells))
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To: stephenjohnbanker

Thank you.


32 posted on 05/09/2010 8:04:57 AM PDT by John-Irish ("Shame of him who thinks of it''.)
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To: GonzoII; Salvation; colorcountry
Thanks for the post.

Some friends of mine who are serious Catholics say it's the Free Masons within the Church that want these illegals enrolled as pro-abortion voters.

Thus will forfeit their souls in exchange for the free .gov cheese.

Every Mason I know is totally anti-abortion and pro life ... to the Max!

So what's going on?

33 posted on 05/09/2010 11:16:56 AM PDT by investigateworld (Abortion Stops A Beating Heart)
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To: EDINVA
I’m pretty tired of politicians and priests whose daily lives are not impacted in any negative way telling the rest of the country what they should suffer.

Good insight. But I take it further. I'm tired of politicians and priests who impact the rest of the country with negativity. Servants? Servants of Satan if you ask me.

34 posted on 05/09/2010 8:14:15 PM PDT by scottiemom ("As a Texas public school teacher, I would highly recommend private school")
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To: Jeff Chandler
I wish that i knew how to link but I don't. However if you Google Father Patrick Bascio and go down to the end of the first page or beginning of the second,you will find a Utube by this priest who taught at the Naval Academy and who claims he started out with the same magnanimous intentions as Cardinal Mahoney. He then goes into his "epiphany" and I think it is compelling.

It is the first cogent and kind explanation I have heard or read that expresses my position. He does it without the least tinge of superiority or anger and yet is able to say immigration,illegal and perhaps even legal,is immoral as well as unjust. He is not a smooth talker but he makes his points. If you have ten minutes I hope you will find it,read it and let me know what you think. Thanks.

35 posted on 05/09/2010 8:36:35 PM PDT by saradippity
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To: saradippity

I’ve seen the video and it is very good.


36 posted on 05/09/2010 8:48:56 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Judas Iscariot - the first social justice advocate. John 12:3-6)
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To: Jeff Chandler
Some people would have me believe that the Bible is a suicide pact on a national scale.

I respectfully disagree with that premise, and when a man ofthe cloth makes lame, transparent arguments to the contrary, I categorize him as my enemy.

It's pretty simple.

37 posted on 05/10/2010 9:31:54 AM PDT by I Buried My Guns (Novare Res!)
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To: EDINVA

Mexico is run by a marxist kakistocracy, with a long and foul history of persecuting the Catholic Church.


38 posted on 05/10/2010 9:34:59 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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