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By Chris T. Nguyen
Associated Press
A group of religious leaders Wednesday attacked Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s statements and policies involving undocumented immigrants, demanding that he meet with them to discuss changing what one pastor called rhetoric that has “poisoned” the community.
“The governor’s recent attacks targeting our state’s undocumented immigrants run against the grain of American values,” Bishop Gabino Zavala of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles said at a press conference.
The religious leaders called on the governor “to embrace the moral high ground” and meet with them to discuss immigration reform.
“We … look forward to that meeting with the governor to remind him of his own roots as an immigrant,” said Bishop Richard Garcia of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento.
About a dozen religious leaders from Presbyterian, Episcopal, Mennonite and African Methodist Episcopal churches said many communities in the state rely on work performed by immigrants, but the governor has created “a climate of fear” that makes workers less productive.
They said undocumented immigrants are being used as scapegoats for society’s problems. . . .
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The bold comment seems very odd. I don’t know if it is the writer’s view or if it accurately reflects what the clerics are saying.
Associated Press
A group of religious leaders Wednesday attacked Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s statements and policies involving undocumented immigrants, demanding that he meet with them to discuss changing what one pastor called rhetoric that has “poisoned” the community.
“The governor’s recent attacks targeting our state’s undocumented immigrants run against the grain of American values,” Bishop Gabino Zavala of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles said at a press conference.
The religious leaders called on the governor “to embrace the moral high ground” and meet with them to discuss immigration reform.
“We … look forward to that meeting with the governor to remind him of his own roots as an immigrant,” said Bishop Richard Garcia of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento.
About a dozen religious leaders from Presbyterian, Episcopal, Mennonite and African Methodist Episcopal churches said many communities in the state rely on work performed by immigrants, but the governor has created “a climate of fear” that makes workers less productive.
They said undocumented immigrants are being used as scapegoats for society’s problems. . . .
Full article emphasis added
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The bold comment seems very odd. I don’t know if it is the writer’s view or if it accurately reflects what the clerics are saying.