Posted on 07/03/2014 6:19:42 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The chairman of the U.S. Bishops’ Committee on Migration has called upon the Obama administration to halt any plans to send back unaccompanied illegal immigrant minors who have been flooding across the U.S. border.
“This is a very vulnerable population which has been targeted by organized crime networks in Central America,” said Bishop Eusebio Elizondo in a press release Wednesday. “To return them to these criminal elements without a proper adjudication of their cases is unconscionable.”
The bishops have asked the Obama administration to reconsider their proposed request to Congress for “fast track” authority to expedite the removal of unaccompanied children coming to the United States from Central America. Currently, children from non-contiguous countries are permitted to remain in the United States until an immigration judge considers their request for asylum or immigration relief.
“As a nation which has traditionally offered safe haven to those who are persecuted, this proposed policy undercuts our values as a nation,” added Elizondo, who is also auxiliary bishop of Seattle...
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Unless we start defending ourselves, it’s only a matter of time.
OK, send them back accompanied!
I, as a Christian, understand perfectly well. These ‘bishops’ aren’t Christians.....want butts in pews....and taxpayer money in the offering plates.
He'd answer, what you mean "our," Kemo Sabe?
I agree. Don’t send them back unaccompanied. Have a Democrat escort each one of them.
Me, too, and I bet about the same activities.
Send them the altar boys!
The bishops want more kids. Why am I not surprised.
‘Send them to Vatican City then.’
+1
Thanks! If this were soccer, it’d be game over.
I’m guessing the Bushop received a late night visit by a guy in a suit with a stuffed envelope
It seems that the “church” has loved these illegals for a long time. Isn’t that treason?
Lol.
The Catholic Church brings them in, then gets them on the government dole. For the record, I am Catholic.
Matthew 19
13 Then children were brought to him that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples rebuked the people;
14 but Jesus said, "Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them; for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven."
15 And he laid his hands on them and went away.
At that time Jesus exclaimed:
“I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
for although you have hidden these things
from the wise and the learned
you have revealed them to little ones.
Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will.
All things have been handed over to me by my Father.
No one knows the Son except the Father,
and no one knows the Father except the Son
and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him.”
“Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened,
and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,
for I am meek and humble of heart;
and you will find rest for yourselves.
For my yoke is easy, and my burden light.”
Are you an idiot? I’m asking objectively, because I am damn sure no religious scholar of note in the last couple thousand years has applied this quote to children illegally crossing borders. If you honestly think Jesus Christ was putting on a sombrero and making an amnesty argument here, I can’t help you.
I hope this was sarcasm... I really really do
Apparently the Catholic Church loves to spend taxpayer money as much as the politicians do.
The Catholic Church needs to take care of their many internal problems rather than involving themselves in affairs of state.
Salvation just offered to take in 20 souls, and to feed and support em. THANKS SALVATION!!
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