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From Shar
"It was no surprise when Cardinal Roger Mahony spoke from his
pulpit in
Los Angeles on Ash Wednesday and
urged compassion for immigrants. Surely, people seeking a better life in the
USA legally should get
help from the Christian community. But the cardinal's message turned out to
include illegal immigrants as well, and then came the crusher: Cardinal Mahony
said he will order his priests not to obey a proposed new federal law that
cracks down on people aiding "undocumented aliens."
House Bill 4437, passed last Dec. 16, would make it a criminal offense to
knowingly assist illegals in evading the immigration laws. The proposed law
also calls for a wall at the Mexican border, mandatory detention of illegals
caught inside the
USA, and a number of
other tough enforcement provisions. Cardinal Mahony opposes them all. Instead,
the cardinal wants a "humane" approach to the illegal immigration
problem.
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In a startling conversation with the L.A. Times, Mahony is quoted as saying
that Al Qaeda operatives would not trek through the
Arizona desert to infiltrate
the
USA and "the war on
terror is not going to be won through immigration restrictions."
How the cardinal arrived at these conclusions remains a mystery. I do believe,
however, that thousands of Al Qaeda have trekked through arid areas in
Afghanistan,
Syria,
Iran and
Iraq. Somebody should
inform the cardinal.
Maybe I'm wrong here, but it seems absolutely lawful and logical for any
country to want to know who is living within its borders. Is border control a
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