From 9/11 Families for a Secure America
Recently I came across an article posted on a web site called www.zenit.com where Bishop Gerald Barnes, Chairman of the U.S. Bishops’ Committed for Refugees and Migrants, from San Bernardino, CA.
The Bishop was questioning Immigration legislation currently before the United States Congress.
I believe this article will be of great interest to you and can be accessed by The link provide above. The Zenit News Agency’s primary focus is the world seen from Rome and this article is primarily a series of questions answered by Bishop Gerald Barnes about Rome’s view on U.S. Immigration legislation.
I would like to share with you some of my feelings on this article and the positions Bishop Barnes and Rome takes on U.S. immigration policy.
Although the Church has an interest in the moral and human rights aspects of immigration throughout the world, Bishop Barnes takes the position that the United States of America must open its borders to all poor nations otherwise we are guilty of human rights violations.
They put the entire burden on the Unites States, rather than advocating for the human rights of migrants in their home country.
They support migrants who break the laws of the United States by illegally entering and remaining here, thus causing problems for lawful immigrates and naturalized citizens.
I question why these “men of the cloth” deem the laws of the United States need to change to accommodate everyone who wants to come to this country, rather than using their energy and influence to pressure the nations where these people migrate from to improve the conditions in those countries.
The Bishop says that it is wrong for the United States to have laws that put people in fear for the lack of proper documentation.
What that means in English is that because the “people” who broke the law to enter the United States and illegally remain here, work here, go to school here (at taxpayer expense) occupy 30% of the prisons (at taxpayers expense) and use the health care system in huge amounts (at taxpayer expense) should be free from fear that the United States would enforce its laws by looking for illegal immigrants to send them back to their country of origin.
He believes it is the responsibility of the citizens of the United States to accept and support anyone who is in this country whether they are here legally or not.
The Bishop believes we should take no action to return these people to their country of origin. He believes that the fact these people fear being caught in the United States proves that our immigration policy is wrong.
This of course is utter nonsense.
The Bishop goes on to say that these illegal immigrants help, not hinder our economy.
The arguments he makes are incorrect and are disputed by the Center for Immigration Studies (a think tank in Washington).www.cis.org .
The Center for Immigration Studies clearly states that the illegal labor work force drives down wages for all legal workers and if the wages were at the correct level, Americans would do any job.
It is ridiculous to make the argument that once legal; these people would continue to accept the low wages businesses now pay them. They would demand minimum wage, rightfully so, and then if the Bishop’s argument were correct our economy would need new illegal immigrants to replace the others in the jobs with the substandard pay.
The Bishop states that it is the responsibility of the United States as a rich nation to provide a haven to migrants of poorer nations.
One would have to ask why doesn’t the Vatican provide some of their wealth to these nations so they can feed them and provide them with the services he believes the United States should provide. We are a very generous people and this is evident by the money Americans routinely give to the down trodden throughout the world, both through our tax dollars in the form of foreign aid and through private charities.
What the Bishop is suggesting is that our laws put the needs of the world above the needs of our own people and above our own security as a sovereign nation.
Bishop Barnes says in this post 911 world the U.S. has a special responsibility to ensure that those coming to the country are not doing so to inflict harm.
This is in complete contradiction to the position he is taking and appears to be a disingenuous statement. He knows we cannot accommodate the HUGE numbers of immigrants coming to our country because our government cannot and will not be able to know who is coming here and whether they will do harm.
The devil is always in the details.
I also found it very amusing in the article when he said we need to bring the illegals out of shadows. Did he see the massive demonstrations here recently? They are out of the shadows and they live here with impunity.
The Bishop also seeks to make the policies of the United States responsible for the deaths of those trying to come here illegally. He speaks of the death of migrants on the southern border forced to migrate through the desert to find work and food.
Any death is a tragedy, but statistics show illegal immigrants in the United States murder more people each year than were killed on 911.
We must protect the citizens of the nation and the people who are here legally, that is our government’s first responsibility.
Why do these Bishops feel that they are the experts on what immigration reforms will or will not work?
They don’t have the correct answers; we had an amnesty in 1986 where we let 3 million illegals become citizens. The system then was unable to safely screen them and 3 terrorists gamed the system and were involved in the first World Trade Center bombing, the amnesty allowed another terrorist to kill several people at C.I.A. headquarters in Va. And there were untold other crimes which received little or no press by amnesty recipients.
Now 20 years later we are looking at 20 million, proof they don’t know and really don’t care what the impact of this amnesty will have on the American people.
A country without secure borders can no more stand than a house without walls. We must secure the border first, improve internal enforcement, enforce employer sanctions for employers hiring illegal immigrants, and then we can consider an amnesty, if it is deemed necessary.
There is nothing good for the American citizen in the Senate Bill.
It rewards lawbreakers with citizenship.
It allows illegal immigrants committing felonies to use false and stolen Social Security cards and it provides illegal immigrants with state tuition rates when American citizens are not provided the same benefit.
Lets force our political leaders to secure our porous borders and restore integrity to the immigration system before we consider amnesty.
Thank you, for taking time to read my commentary and if you agree with it contact your lected officials and religious leaders to inform them of your opinion on their stance regarding this very important matter.
Bruce De Cell.
Additional Blog: www.allaboutillegalimmigration.blogspot.com
The Bishop was questioning Immigration legislation currently before the United States Congress.
I believe this article will be of great interest to you and can be accessed by The link provide above. The Zenit News Agency’s primary focus is the world seen from Rome and this article is primarily a series of questions answered by Bishop Gerald Barnes about Rome’s view on U.S. Immigration legislation.
I would like to share with you some of my feelings on this article and the positions Bishop Barnes and Rome takes on U.S. immigration policy.
Although the Church has an interest in the moral and human rights aspects of immigration throughout the world, Bishop Barnes takes the position that the United States of America must open its borders to all poor nations otherwise we are guilty of human rights violations.
They put the entire burden on the Unites States, rather than advocating for the human rights of migrants in their home country.
They support migrants who break the laws of the United States by illegally entering and remaining here, thus causing problems for lawful immigrates and naturalized citizens.
I question why these “men of the cloth” deem the laws of the United States need to change to accommodate everyone who wants to come to this country, rather than using their energy and influence to pressure the nations where these people migrate from to improve the conditions in those countries.
The Bishop says that it is wrong for the United States to have laws that put people in fear for the lack of proper documentation.
What that means in English is that because the “people” who broke the law to enter the United States and illegally remain here, work here, go to school here (at taxpayer expense) occupy 30% of the prisons (at taxpayers expense) and use the health care system in huge amounts (at taxpayer expense) should be free from fear that the United States would enforce its laws by looking for illegal immigrants to send them back to their country of origin.
He believes it is the responsibility of the citizens of the United States to accept and support anyone who is in this country whether they are here legally or not.
The Bishop believes we should take no action to return these people to their country of origin. He believes that the fact these people fear being caught in the United States proves that our immigration policy is wrong.
This of course is utter nonsense.
The Bishop goes on to say that these illegal immigrants help, not hinder our economy.
The arguments he makes are incorrect and are disputed by the Center for Immigration Studies (a think tank in Washington).www.cis.org .
The Center for Immigration Studies clearly states that the illegal labor work force drives down wages for all legal workers and if the wages were at the correct level, Americans would do any job.
It is ridiculous to make the argument that once legal; these people would continue to accept the low wages businesses now pay them. They would demand minimum wage, rightfully so, and then if the Bishop’s argument were correct our economy would need new illegal immigrants to replace the others in the jobs with the substandard pay.
The Bishop states that it is the responsibility of the United States as a rich nation to provide a haven to migrants of poorer nations.
One would have to ask why doesn’t the Vatican provide some of their wealth to these nations so they can feed them and provide them with the services he believes the United States should provide. We are a very generous people and this is evident by the money Americans routinely give to the down trodden throughout the world, both through our tax dollars in the form of foreign aid and through private charities.
What the Bishop is suggesting is that our laws put the needs of the world above the needs of our own people and above our own security as a sovereign nation.
Bishop Barnes says in this post 911 world the U.S. has a special responsibility to ensure that those coming to the country are not doing so to inflict harm.
This is in complete contradiction to the position he is taking and appears to be a disingenuous statement. He knows we cannot accommodate the HUGE numbers of immigrants coming to our country because our government cannot and will not be able to know who is coming here and whether they will do harm.
The devil is always in the details.
I also found it very amusing in the article when he said we need to bring the illegals out of shadows. Did he see the massive demonstrations here recently? They are out of the shadows and they live here with impunity.
The Bishop also seeks to make the policies of the United States responsible for the deaths of those trying to come here illegally. He speaks of the death of migrants on the southern border forced to migrate through the desert to find work and food.
Any death is a tragedy, but statistics show illegal immigrants in the United States murder more people each year than were killed on 911.
We must protect the citizens of the nation and the people who are here legally, that is our government’s first responsibility.
Why do these Bishops feel that they are the experts on what immigration reforms will or will not work?
They don’t have the correct answers; we had an amnesty in 1986 where we let 3 million illegals become citizens. The system then was unable to safely screen them and 3 terrorists gamed the system and were involved in the first World Trade Center bombing, the amnesty allowed another terrorist to kill several people at C.I.A. headquarters in Va. And there were untold other crimes which received little or no press by amnesty recipients.
Now 20 years later we are looking at 20 million, proof they don’t know and really don’t care what the impact of this amnesty will have on the American people.
A country without secure borders can no more stand than a house without walls. We must secure the border first, improve internal enforcement, enforce employer sanctions for employers hiring illegal immigrants, and then we can consider an amnesty, if it is deemed necessary.
There is nothing good for the American citizen in the Senate Bill.
It rewards lawbreakers with citizenship.
It allows illegal immigrants committing felonies to use false and stolen Social Security cards and it provides illegal immigrants with state tuition rates when American citizens are not provided the same benefit.
Lets force our political leaders to secure our porous borders and restore integrity to the immigration system before we consider amnesty.
Thank you, for taking time to read my commentary and if you agree with it contact your lected officials and religious leaders to inform them of your opinion on their stance regarding this very important matter.
Bruce De Cell.
Additional Blog: www.allaboutillegalimmigration.blogspot.com
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