From AmericanThinker.com . . .
Many Catholics in Chicago
are addicted to the Democratic Party the same way a Hollywood actor may be
addicted to heroin. For some, this addiction is so strong that it
may be said, to turn a phrase, that the Catholic Church in Chicago is the
Democratic Party at prayer.
Consider the recent
statement by Chicago's Francis Cardinal George. Ellyn
Fortino reports in
Illinois Progress that "Cardinal George, the archbishop of Chicago, joined
Former House Speaker Hastert in support of a pathway to citizenship. He also
called on the federal government to halt deportations. 'We should end
deportations because they break up families, and the family, not the
individual, is the basic unit of our society,' George told reporters in remarks
after the event, held at DePaul University."
Francis Cardinal George is
not alone in his support for an end to deportation and for amnesty for illegal
aliens. Timothy Cardinal Dolan of New York holds a
similar view. Perhaps he too suffers from a Democratic Party
addiction.
In a letter to Congress,
Cardinal Dolan writes,
"As we have communicated in the past, we urge you to pass in its final
form immigration reform legislation that ... establishes a fair and achievable
path to citizenship [amnesty] for the 11 million undocumented in the
nation."
With all due respect,
Cardinal Dolan writes this no doubt knowing that using Leviticus 19:34 to
support amnesty for illegal aliens in the United States is to base a policy on
a faulty translation. The Hebrew world "lagur" means "to
reside temporarily," "to sojourn," or "to stay for a
time." It does not mean that an
invader must be allowed to stay indefinitely, or be granted citizenship.
Illegal is illegal
What
is it the cardinals do not understand about "illegal" in the
designation "illegal alien"? Francis Cardinal George must
know that it is not the immigration laws of the United States that break up
families, but rather the actions of parents who violate those laws that cause
the breakups. An individual is at fault when someone comes to the
United States illegally. We do not blame the money in a bank for the
crimes of a thief.
Furthermore, it is not
"we" who have created the underclass they speak about, but the
Democratic Party policies that further amnesty and support sanctuary
cities. Are Cardinals George and Dolan going to argue next that
convicted drug dealers with children should not go to prison because a prison
sentence will break up their families? Or will they argue that if a
car thief steals a car and keeps the car long enough, his children should be
allowed to drive it?
We should also remind the
cardinals that illegal aliens in the United States often do more than just
break our immigration laws. Many may be guilty of identity
theft, tax evasion, driving without a license, and other
crimes. Members of the Catholic clergy should preach against all
criminal activity, not encourage it or offer amnesty for it.
Illinois has an estimated
illegal aliens population of about 525,000. No
doubt the number is higher. An estimated half of those illegal
aliens live in the Chicago area. What would Cardinal George say if
250,00 Mexicans were to suddenly take up illegal residence in Vatican City and
then demand free social services?
Why does the hierarchy of
the Catholic Church want amnesty for illegal aliens if they know it is against
biblical and theological principles? David Gibson thinks it's
money that motivates the Church's pro-illegal immigration
policy.
He writes, "The coffers
of U.S. Catholic churches have been running on empty and the church sees the
pocketbooks of illegal immigrants as its only hope." This
accusation, if true, makes Church officials no better than the unscrupulous
businessmen who exploit poor illegal aliens for their cheap labor.
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