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Offline Chris_

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Faith-based group plans sanctuary for illegal immigrants
« on: May 27, 2008, 07:39:43 AM »
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Faith-based group plans sanctuary for illegal immigrants

SAN ANTONIO — A group of faith-driven activists is trying to organize a network to help illegal immigrants who fear new local immigration-related laws and massive raids.

The advocates — all Catholic — hope to provide places to stay, food and health care for immigrants. They have a few families who have volunteered to host immigrants, but ultimately want to open a shelter.

If the project is successful, immigrants seeking sanctuary would simply need to ask for "Romo."

The name refers to Toribio Romo, a Mexican priest who was killed in the 1920s and later canonized as a saint. Many crossing the border illegally invoke Romo when praying for safe passage into the United States.

"We are the new Sanctuary Movement in San Antonio," said group member Victor Ruiz, 63, who works for the immigration division of Catholic Charities. "If immigrants need help, we will do all we can to help them out."

Every last one of them should be arrested for aiding and abetting violations of Federal laws.   :banghead:

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Re: Faith-based group plans sanctuary for illegal immigrants
« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2008, 08:51:01 AM »
I hope they are stopped. A group tried that here and we shut them down.
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Re: Faith-based group plans sanctuary for illegal immigrants
« Reply #2 on: May 27, 2008, 08:59:16 AM »
The Catholic Church needs the illegals who are largely Catholic right? No illegals, no Catholic Church.
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Re: Faith-based group plans sanctuary for illegal immigrants
« Reply #3 on: May 27, 2008, 09:00:44 AM »
It's that other holy trinity: liberals/democrats/Catholics. No offense to any Catholics here!
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Re: Faith-based group plans sanctuary for illegal immigrants
« Reply #4 on: May 27, 2008, 09:06:41 AM »
I'd like to know why it is more beneficial for a wetback to hide out in a "sanctuary" in the USA than to return to Mexico to live their life as a legal citizen.  I cannot reconcile it in my mind.  

Why do the millions of wetbacks want to stay in the USA, always looking over their shoulders, always with an uncertain future, always fighting to change the USA.  Why don't they take their numbers and determination back to (very rich nation of) Mexico and fight to make Mexico more like the USA?
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