But the immigrant that come here are after more than that. Brand new cars, cable TV, cell phones, expensive clothes, etc are not what the Lord had in mind.
I have no idea what the immigrants in your neighborhood are “after” and unless you’ve formed friendships with some of them, I doubt that you have any idea either.
I can accept that your view is the thread has become racist in tone. I disagree with that view. As Catholics, we’re called to exercise a preferential option for the poor. Almost without exception, it’s very likely that illegal immigrants are among the very poor. Therefore … serve we must.
The key word is “assimilate” which is what they are not doing. If they were, I wouldn’t have to look at Spanish TV, listen to Spanish radio, and children wouldn’t be forced to look at Spanish indoctrination programs on PBS.
I think the bible refers to the jubilee year which would seem to clash directly. Yet as American Indians would have “put the most into the land” then it would seem the ownership needs returned? Second to American Indians would certainly be the hired hand so your logic would remove most whom are there.
You don’t seem to “get it” and I have to guess that’s your choice. Maybe if, fifty or sixty years ago, ALL of the old ethnic (Polish, Italian, Greek, Lithuanian, etc.) parents, grandparents and great-grandparents were take to the local park and executed for their lack of English skills, then you’d have a precedent that would allow you to annihilate the Spanish-speaking. Would that satisfy you? Wait! That might mean you wouldn’t be here.
Never heard of American Indians paying taxes but I guess I don’t know everything.
When one uses the term “illegal immigration/immigrants” with “immigrants/immigration” it provides a false premise. I am from a culturally mixed family; Christmas looks like the general assembly from the UN. Each of us who came from another country came in legally. We had to have a sponsor or enough money to demonstrate our ability to be free of government assistance. We had to undergo health tests to be sure we were not carriers of TB or other bacterias. We may have spoken our own language at home, but made sure we learned to communicate in rudimentary terms to the outside world.
I understand your view but this thread addresses the Church supporting/assisting illegal immigrants. This support is nothing new - and their is no history (known to me) of the Church today informing the govt of the location of illegals. Again illegals tend to be poverty-stricken and they are here due to that poverty.
So that’s what happened to my cleaning lady!!
put the most into the land
In your very statement, you mentioned Polish Italian Greek Lithuanian, etc which is multi cultural. And 4 different languages. That is American!!!
It depends on what you mean by backward? If the American Indians still controlled the entire North American continent, global warming probably wouldn’t be an issue. LA wouldn’t be buried in smog and paved over, and the majority of Ohio wouldn’t be one huge hazardous waste dump. So yeah, I’d have to say that North America would be a better place if the Indian tribes had exercised the immigration policy you seem to embrace.
A better option maybe to allow those with id to travel, and pay relevent taxes? What is legal and illegal is human decision nor intrinsic. Neighbors are an immediate source of both prosperity and danger. You do not hear much about the Canadian border because they Canadians have equal education, jobs, and schools. We need to help Mexico get equal education, jobs, and schools, and then the problem is gone. I am glad your family was legally able to migrate, I hope none were ask to starve and hope for paperwork to clear.
All three. Any honest person would have to admit that the European taking control of North America has greatly benefitted the world. You can’t say otherwise without joking about it.
And where would you be right now?
My cousin’s wife is with her family in Poland now. I’ll ask her about economic conditions there when she gets back next year. They celibrate the 12 days of Christmas with a party every night.
Those are your writtings and they still point to Indians ! Indians would certainly have " put the most into the land" and " efficient use" so why are you upset if your standards are used?
Actually I do not agree with your statementWhen your standard points to Indians you seem upset why?
There’s a bloggers’ law that says to the effect that where Hitler is invoked in a thread, that thread is about to close for lack of sound arguments.
