How are these people being allowed to vote? In Florida, a person must be a Citizen of the United States of America (a lawful permanent resident is not a U.S. citizen). What are the requirements in other states? Only US citizens have the right to vote in federal elections.
I agree the expulsion of this family, coincident with de facto legalization of millions of others who are here for strictly economic reasons is totally wrong.
This new massive wave of illegal immigrnts has no desire to become American.We have a leviathan welfare state which coddles many new arrivals in a way that our ancestors could not have imagined. I don’t know about you, PS, but I’ve seen America sink to the lowest common denominator. Just watch television. Programs are geared to entertain the vilest interests of ten year olds. This never would have happened had America not caved to leftist, internationalist haters of decency and civility. To a large extent, they are the people who vote for rabble rousers such as Obama.
RobI think AB Gomez is very humble and pious man and that he see the poor and the people in LA that are in need. The only problem is that the poverty, sex trafficing, forced labor, of Mexican’s has grown as the illegals have enter the country. You cannot be for illegal immigration when it creates more suffering that it solves. He never speaks to the increase in poverty across American because of the influx of illegals. This is no solution, it’s not even a good bandage.
This is Obama in a nutshell. You know, the man whose hatred of Christianity is so virulent that he had the crucifix shrouded when he spoke at Georgetown, but had no problem speaking under a humongous banner of Yasser Arafat during Palm Sunday weekend. Obama supports any cause which serves to undermine America. We must not possess the naivete to support any program that is left to the Obamas, Holders, Napolitanos and Sebiliuses to implement. :dts: Rob
What source do you have for it creating more suffering than it solves? Those that have moved to this area are productive hard working people. Some live in less than desirable conditions, but I’ve seen them at the Western Union sending money home to support families.
Bishop Gomez may be a wonderful man. I just think that his demanding of policies which serve to undermine American sovereignty and impose punishing debt on us and many generations to come betrays wrongheaded and shallow thinking.:nope:
I am not for calling them “illegals”. I ran a stop sign last week. I am not an “illegal” because of that. I am 100% for treating all here with dignity, papers or not. I also see the families that are torn apart in a broken immigration system.
I agree pnewton.
Christ didn’t tell us not to put ourselves out to help others.
How are these people being allowed to vote? In Florida, a person must be a Citizen of the United States of America (a lawful permanent resident is not a U.S. citizen). What are the requirements in other states? Only US citizens have the right to vote in federal elections.I feel very badly for good people in your situation, but I do NOT support amnesty. No one here illegally should jump ahead of a single person who is trying to emigrate through the legal system. The fact is that people who come from dictatorships more often than not vote to impose the hell that they are escaping on America, that is, by voting for socialist Democrats. Too many come here for the freebies, and hundreds of thousands, if not millions of others, are criminals and gang bangers.
Nowhere else on earth can one enter another sovereign nation and head straight to the welfare office, or a hospital to give birth, or enroll children in a school system without being questioned. Our nation has become feeble and addle-brained, and we are rapidly comitting suicide in the name of “compassion”. THe only people-sovereign nation on earth will soon become one more hellish tyranny.Rob
As was pointed out, familes are torn apart every time someone goes to jail. We do not judge the law (in most cases) by that impact. If we did, we’d decrimilize most things.
He didn’t call us to put out others to help others though, either, which is what being irresponsible with our money has led us to. Perhaps if men like Bishop Gomez had been as alarmed about our financial irresponsibility as they are now currently about immigration, we’d have a much better chance at helping people.
He didn;t call us to put out others to help others though, either.
How are these people being allowed to vote? In Florida, a person must be a Citizen of the United States of America (a lawful permanent resident is not a U.S. citizen). What are the requirements in other states? Only US citizens have the right to vote in federal elections.
Who’s being put out?
That’s what we are talking about in most cases - pathways to citizenship. That’s how they vote, like everyone else.
You tell me - it was your vague quote to begin with.
You have a good point. How many people have ever gone faster than the speed limit? That’s technically breaking the law, but do we consider anyone who has ever done that (everyone) an “illegal”? I think the Republican Party has had it right in most things except for this one issue. But at the same time, I know that the reason Democrats want to give the immigrants citizenship is because they see them as potential Democrat votes. If the ones who come across the border would be Republican voters then we would see the Republicans arguing to give them citizenship and Democrats doing everything they can to stop them from gaining citizenship and having a chance to vote. For both political parties, it’s all about the votes and about gaining and retaining power. One side just pretends to care about the people. I strongly believe that party systems are what has been destroying America. There should be no political parties at all. And everyone who runs for office should run based on their own merits alone without any political party or special interest lobbies involved. I also think that there should be a two-term limit a lifetime for all politicians. Some Senators and Congressmen have been in office since the 1960’s. It’s ridiculous!
So we should only allow people to immigrate if they promise to be conservatives? Doesn’t the Church teach that no evil may be done so that good may come from it?