“We do not believe this is wise legislation. It is mean-spirited. It is punitive,” he said.
The Archbishop doesn't seem to understand how "mean-spirited" and "punitive" illegal immigration has been for the American people.
Bensman said the section of the law that creates a new crime of aggravated identity fraud could have a devastating effect on the clients they represent, who have a possible case to remain in the United States legally. If while their case is open, they are charged with using false documents to get a job, their claim is likely to be much harder if not impossible to sustain, she said, because the new law makes this charge such a severe offense.
They don't care about the "devastating effect" identity fraud has on the person who the identity belongs to.
Some who are in favor of harsh restrictions on today’s immigrants need to be reminded of the past, he said, “how their ancestors came to this country, how hard they worked and how much they suffered.”
Their hard work and suffering is what I've thought of. Illegal immigrants and their ancestors turned their countries into cesspools. I don't want to insult my ancestors by letting illegals destroy this country.
“Everybody has a dream of coming to this country,” said Bishop Zarama, a native of Colombia and naturalized U.S. citizen. “They had a need (then) to escape the situation in their countries. … That is exactly the situation now. … If we use charity and we use history I think we will be able to move more and more people.”
Yes, everybody does want to come to this country. This is why they should be coming according to our rules. We can not take everyone who wants to come here. Why is it right that Latinos, just because it's easy for them to jump the border, should come here in greater numbers than any other group?
The Archbishop should lead by example and take the locks off his doors.