Posted by Connecticut Catholic Corner
Since Pope Francis has joined the ‘conversation’ about the
tens of thousands of illegal immigrant children flooding into the United States
I am going to get political for a moment.
I am sure this will be extremely unpopular with most, but I really don’t
care. I’m fed up so I am going to rant.
The Pope says the ILLEGAL immigrants must be “welcomed and
protected”.
Certainly we want them
protected, but why would we ‘welcome’ uninvited ‘guests’ whom we can’t afford
to care for, who bring sickness and disease, and who deplete our school systems
and funds for the poor who are LEGALLY here?
This is an INVASION (as in UNWANTED), not an open border invitation to
migration!
These are NOT 'refugees' no matter how much a bleeding heart liberal wants to spin it that way.
I am not totally insensitive to these children, it’s a sad
situation, but the answer is NOT allowing tens of thousands of ILLEGAL
immigrants to walk into the United States and stay here. We simply can not be an open border nation that
allows anyone and everyone to simply walk over the border and live here. We have laws.
If someone wants to come live here DO IT LEGALLY.
And I have to ask Pope Francis, 'just who are YOU to judge us'?
Perhaps the Holy Father will welcome them to Vatican
City??
I think that is a grand idea!
Grab some petty cash from the Vatican Bank, send it to the
United States and we will HAPPILY put them all on planes to the Vatican.
How about that Holy Father?
Will YOU "welcome and protect" them all in Vatican City?
I think not.
Papal message on the occasion
of
"Mexico
Holy See colloquium on human migration and development "Mexico City, 14 July 2014 I would like to extend my greetings to the organizers, speakers,
and Participants in the "Mexico Holy See colloquium on
human migration and development." Globalization is a phenomenon that
challenges us, especially in one of its principal manifestations which is
emigration. It is one of the
"signs" of this time that we live in and that brings us back to the
words of Jesus, "Why do you not know how to interpret the present time?"(Lk
12,57). Despite the large influx
of migrants present in all continents and in almost all countries, migration is
still seen as an emergency, or as a sporadic and circumstantial fact, while
instead it has now become a hallmark of our society and a challenge.
That it is a phenomenon carries with it great promise and many
challenges. Many people suffer forced to emigrate, and often, die tragically; many of their rights are violated,
they are obliged to separate from their families and, unfortunately, continue
to be the subject of racist and xenophobic attitudes.Faced with this situation, I repeat what I have Affirmed in this
year's Message for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees: " A change
of attitude towards migrants and refugees is needed on the part of everyone,
moving away from attitudes of defensiveness and fear, indifference and
marginalization - all typical of a throwaway culture - based on attitudes towards
cultures of encounter, the only culture capable of building a better,
blackberries just and fraternal world."
I would also like to draw attention to the tens of thousands of
children who migrate alone, unaccompanied, to escape poverty and violence: This
is a category of migrants from Central America and Mexico itself who cross the
border with the United States under extreme conditions and in pursuit of a hope
that in most cases turns out to be vain. They
are increasing day by day. This
humanitarian emergency requires, as a first urgent measure, these children
be welcomed and protected. These
measures, however, will not be sufficient, unless they are accompanied by
policies that inform people about the dangers of a journey longer available
and, above all, promote 'that their development in countries of origin. Finally, this challenge demands the
attention of the international community entire So that new forms of legal and
secure migration may be adopted.I wish every success to the laudable initiative of the Mexican
government's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in arranging a colloquium of study and
reflection on the great challenge of migration and cordially impart my
Apostolic Blessing to All Those present.” –end quote-
Since I am sure our Holy
Father has no intention of caring for even a single illegal immigrant child or
cranking open the Vatican Bank to help pay for them, I suggest the following…
1) Send
back ALL the children/teens/adults we can (that is, if we can find the
families).
2) Put the
United States military on our borders (as should have happened after 9/11) and
REFUSE access to illegal immigrants WITH THE EXCEPTION of human sex trafficking.
3) The children,
who arrived with adults to care for them, send them to inner cities with
abandoned houses. The Federal government
will have to cough up the funds to fix up these abandoned properties (they are
crime dens when left abandoned anyway) and allow them to live there WHILE THEY
WORK. If they don’t find a job on their
own, they can work cleaning the streets of the cities they want the right to live in.
4) ALL
illegal immigrant children who REMAIN in the United States (through foster care or adoption or with a parent) MUST JOIN THE
MILITARY AND SERVE FOR AT LEAST FOUR YEARS to EARN their “RIGHT” to be here
when they turn 18 years old. Refuse and you are deported on your 18th birthday.
5) They
do NOT get the RIGHT to vote until AFTER they have served four years in the
military- they must EARN it because they came here illegally.
6) If
they refuse any of these terms, we DUMP THEM on the Mexican border and forbid
them from EVER coming back or becoming residents of the United States of
America. Period.
Too harsh? I don’t think so. These people are TAKING/STEALING from ALL
legal United State’s citizens the moment they entered ILLEGALLY. They are bringing sickness and disease that
harm OUR legal citizens. They want to be
here illegally? Let them pay and pay
well for it so that others will soon know it is no vacation to enter the United
States illegally.
Enter legally and you have
all the freedoms and rights of a United States citizen, come illegally and you
will pay for it dearly for many years.
And let’s be clear, these
people are FLOODING our borders now, NOT to escape some sudden outbreak of violence, but rather because they heard a twisted version of Obama’s “DACA” policy to allow the
children of illegal immigrants ALREADY LIVING HERE to stay and become citizens. The families of these children believe that Obama opened the borders to all kids and promised to make them U.S. citizens. THAT is why they are flooding into this country now. So the Holy Father's statement about people being "forced to migrate" is WRONG and has ZERO to do with the reason illegals are coming into the United States right now.
The 10-page July 7 report was issued by the El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC), which according to the Justice Department website is led by the DEA and incorporates Homeland Security. Its focus is on the collection and distribution of tactical intelligence, information which can immediately be acted on by law enforcement.
"Of the 230 migrants interviewed, 219 cited the primary reason for migrating to the United States was the perception of U.S. immigration laws granting free passes or permisos to UAC (unaccompanied children) and adult females OTMs (other than Mexicans) traveling with minors,” the report said.
Pray for this nation and for the illegal immigrants- pray that they go home and are welcomed and protected in their own homeland. Pray that LEGAL immigrants always find the United States of America welcoming and protecting of them and THEIR RIGHT to be here- they earned it legally.
I've got nothing else to say on this matter.
In Christ,
Julie @ Connecticut Catholic
Corner
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