US bishops: Deporting children and families won’t solve migration crisis

[CopyBoy]

Washington D.C., Jan 16, 2016 / 06:23 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The recent deportation raids targeting Central American immigrants will not discourage immigrants who are fleeing their countries as a last resort, the U.S. bishops said.

From Jan. 2 to Jan. 4, the Department of Homeland Security searched communities in Georgia, Texas, and North Carolina for immigrants who were in the country illegally. Federal officials took 121 people into custody.

Many of the detainees now being held in federal detention centers awaiting deportation back to Central America are mothers and children, the bishops said.

“To send migrant children and families back to their home countries would put many of them in grave danger because they would face threats of violence and for some, even death,” Bishops Eusebio Elizondo, auxiliary bishop of Seattle, and Kevin Vann of Orange, Calif. said in a Jan. 8 letter to U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, Jeh Johnson on behalf of the U.S. bishops.

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[Neofight]

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Certainly there will be no argument here, because this is an issue of morality, and not of politics, so even in the heat of a political campaign, I cannot even conceive of anyone taking issue with what the Bishops have stated, and in fact, I am sure Catholic voters will carefully consider the thoughts of politicians who favor deportation, whether mass deportation or small selective.

 

[slMike]

Not to sound sarcastic but it will eventually solve an unemployment problem in the U.S., a problem of which the U.S. government should be concerned since it concerns the Common Good of the nation. Indeed the Bishops are free to voice their opinions in any matter they wish but in the end control of immigration, border security and such is the competency of the government.

Mike

 

[SuperLuigi]

Certainly there will be no argument here, because this is an issue of morality, and not of politics, so even in the heat of a political campaign, I cannot even conceive of anyone taking issue with what the Bishops have stated, and in fact, I am sure Catholic voters will carefully consider the thoughts of politicians who favor deportation, whether mass deportation or small selective.

Would liberals be saying that if illegals, Asians and Hispanics voted 75% GOP in the last election and gave Romney a landslide win in 2012?

Because if they are, the “it’s moral” argument falls apart VERY quick. :yup:

Furthermore, what Catholic voters should consider first and foremost are the non-negotiable.

If people think America is mean (translation non-PC) to immigrants, they ought to see what the UK, Australia, Canada and Mexico have done regarding entry/exit of foreigners in their nations.

 

[exnihilo]

If it won’t solve the problem what should we do? Long prison sentences? I certainly agree that deporting 121 isn’t a strong enough response. The request also seems sexist. Men should be imprisoned but not women? I thought we lived in the age of radical equality.

 

[utah_rose]

If it won’t solve the problem what should we do? Long prison sentences? I certainly agree that deporting 121 isn’t a strong enough response. The request also seems sexist. Men should be imprisoned but not women? I thought we lived in the age of radical equality.

What will solve the problem and the Bishops won’t do, is insist that the bishops and clergy of those countries concentrate on better working conditions in those countries, better housing and education. They could encourage more Catholic organizations to get down and dirty building housing. I don’t know how many religious communities are there helping, but if not enough provide more resources and bond with the Protestant communities doing such work. Many of their leaders are corrupt. How about more dialogue with them? How about asking Mexico not to be banning immigrants from some countries as they’re doing now. And, if they really want to help families here, they themselves should “adopt” a family and encourage others in their diocese to do so. All talk and no action never help the situation.

 

[chero23]

Would liberals be saying that if illegals, Asians and Hispanics voted 75% GOP in the last election and gave Romney a landslide win in 2012?

Because if they are, the “it’s moral” argument falls apart VERY quick. :yup:

Furthermore, what Catholic voters should consider first and foremost are the non-negotiable.

If people think America is mean (translation non-PC) to immigrants, they ought to see what the UK, Australia, Canada and Mexico have done regarding entry/exit of foreigners in their nations.

You really have to stop using liberals as a defense. Are you throwing any dirt on the republican part and the conservatives?

 

[Neofight]

Would liberals be saying that if illegals, Asians and Hispanics voted 75% GOP in the last election and gave Romney a landslide win in 2012?

Because if they are, the “it’s moral” argument falls apart VERY quick. :yup:
a non sequitur because only citizens vote, and the immigrants discussed in this thread are not yet citizens.
So what liberal would do if 75% of immigrants voted GOP is a moot point.

Furthermore, what Catholic voters should consider first and foremost are the non-negotiable.
mercy and compassion ARE non-negotiables.
If people think America is mean (translation non-PC) to immigrants, they ought to see what the UK, Australia, Canada and Mexico have done regarding entry/exit of foreigners in their nations.

this is what separates America from those other nation; America strives to do what is just, and not just what other countries do.