From the article: “Throughout our history we have been a nation of immigrants. The words of Moses to the Hebrew people should resonate in our own hearts: ‘You shall not oppress or afflict the alien among you, for you were once aliens residing in the land of Egypt.’ (Exodus 22:20) As citizens we have the right to live our Christian faith. As Christians, we have an obligation to do so.” AMEN!
From the Christian Post (read full article here):
Alabama Christian leaders have filed a lawsuit this week to stop the state from enacting the “nation’s most merciless” anti-immigration law, claiming it would prohibit Christians from living out their faith and the mandates of Scripture.
Plaintiffs in the suit filed Monday include leaders of the Episcopalian, Methodist and Roman Catholic churches in Alabama, who represent 338,000 of the state’s faithful.
The ecumenical group insists the new immigration law, effective September 1, could ensnare Christian leaders who unknowingly administer religious sacraments, such as Holy Communion, to illegal immigrants.
In addition to Christian worship being adversely affected by the law, the plaintiffs express concern that Christians would be impeded from following “God’s mandate that the faithful are humbly bound to welcome and care for all people.”
The law, entitled the Beason-Hammon Alabama Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act, targets residents who do not have proof of legal residency or alien registration in the U.S. Without documents verifying their legal status, it would be illegal for such persons to live or work in Alabama. In addition, it would be a crime for anyone to transport, conceal, harbor or shield an illegal immigrant.
“If enforced, Alabama’s Anti-Immigration Law will make it a crime to follow God’s command to be Good Samaritans,” the lawsuit states.
Christian leaders are not the only ones who think Alabama’s immigration law simply goes too far.
The legislation, signed June 9 by Gov. Robert Bentley, has also been challenged by the Justice Department.
In its lawsuit also filed Monday, the Justice Department portrays the law as far-reaching.
The law is “designed to affect virtually every aspect of an unauthorized immigrant’s daily life, from employment to housing to transportation to entering into and enforcing contracts to going to school,” the DOJ stated.
Justice Department officials express concern that U.S. residents, tourists, and others with legal status might be harassed or wrongfully detained under enforcement of the law.
In another suit filed against the Alabama law last week by several groups, including the SouthernPoverty Law Center and the American Civil Liberties Union.
Mike Hubbard, the speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives, said the law would be enacted despite the legal challenges.
Hubbard admitted that if changes needed to be made, lawmakers would do so.
“But Alabama is not going to be a sanctuary state for illegal immigrants,” he said in a statement. “Alabama will have a strict immigration law and we will enforce it.”
Archbishop Rodi issued a statement on the Mobile archdiocese’s website Monday, saying the anti-immigration law “attacks our very understanding of what it means to be a Christian.”
He stated, “Throughout our history we have been a nation of immigrants. The words of Moses to the Hebrew people should resonate in our own hearts: ‘You shall not oppress or afflict the alien among you, for you were once aliens residing in the land of Egypt.’ (Exodus 22:20) As citizens we have the right to live our Christian faith. As Christians, we have an obligation to do so.”
The Liberals talk about taxing the wealthy, which in my opinion they create the jobs in the real world. Tax, Tax, Tax, that seems to be the mantra of the Obama administration. But neither political party want to “deep six” the current tax system, that is unfair to the majority and gives huge loopholes to the few. Everybody understands they must pay taxes to run government, but that doesn’t mean any government that is overwhelming and taxing us into extinction. If there was a fair tax, no person who purchased any goods, mortgage, car or services of any kind could escape, not even the low income that pays nothing, even if it’s a few dollars, but collect from tax returns money-some fraudulently. The main point is why should we be severely taxed to pay for foreign nationals who steal into our country? Americans are ordered by the courts that we must accept them and financially support Illegal parents, children and extended family members?
This is forced on us, by the law called CHAIN MIGRATION. Millions have entered this way, and the sponsor unable to support them, so they are driven into poverty. CHAIN MIGRATION is an unfunded mandate, where taxpayers are placed with the burden of more welfare services. This really started in 1986, when President Reagan signed a law that has crippled the American way of life, for the past twenty five years. The dollar cost has been unprecedented with millions pouring through our borders and saturating this country with cheap labor. While the nation has been transfixed by the recent debt ceiling debate, 22 million Americans have continued their search for a full-time job. Now that a compromise on the debt ceiling has been reached, Members of both parties are promising to get back to work creating jobs. Yet their promises are hard to believe allowing for both parties having refused to proceed on one of the most vital work-related problems, that of lowering yearly immigration levels.
The truth is Amnesties have never stopped, as records show that six small, but evident amnesties have been enacted quietly since 1986. This is not including a covert movement of handing out visas to one million and a half newcomers annually. The Judiciary Committee, under the Chairmanship of Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) has quickly moved on this action, to deal with the ongoing unemployment catastrophe. After three years of a Jobs Depression, we saw the first action by Congress to stop driving up unemployment by importing so many immigrant workers. A fortnight ago the Committee readied the bill, then forwarding to Congressman Bob Goodlatte’s (R-VA) the SAFE for America Act (H.R. 704) and going to the House floor. This bill would end the Visa Lottery and immediately provide some relief to America’s unemployed without costing American taxpayers anything. It would be a good beginning to conclude cutting back the incredulous annual immigration figures that have customarily run over a million a year.
This is currently while 22 million Americans who want a full-time job can’t find one. Further to this, we must get behind those as voters and demand from our representatives both Federal and State to join sponsors of the E-Verify provision, which will mandate E-Verify across this country, and permanently obstruct illegal workers from stealing jobs from unemployed Americans. The DREAM ACT is yet another controversial subject, as it’s tied to the parents who slip past border guards or come via aircraft, ignoring the immigration laws. The dream Act is itself, is not the main argument in this issue, but the consequences of bringing in other family members through CHAIN MIGRATION laws that adds even more people to our population. The state of California, has just past a Dream Act even though the state is running in red ink. Illinois, another high illegal immigration state, has just run passage of their own Dream Act. Although these are not Federally endorsed, this will however encourage more aliens to bring their children here for a free education.
Rep. Michele Bachmann, the TEA PARTY Caucus leader is a strong contender for president. Unlike the Democrats and the hidden torment of the Liberals or Republicans Bachmann will not tolerate the loose immigration enforcement, she will build the border fence according to its original design and enact harsh penalties for businesses that scorn E-Verify and still hire discount labor. Millions have come here following the rules according to the law, and wait there time patiently for many years. But those who cross our borders fly in with no intentions of ever returning to Europe, South America or Asia and then expect the American people to treat them with civility. If it wasn’t for the wilting economy of Arizona, no voices would have spoken up arguing the claim against the federal government had failed to enforce immigration law or protect each state from an invasion.
This is yet another issue, that the TEA PARTY will conduct of returning agencies of the federal government, back to the empowerment of individual States–starting with education and the EPA is which is over regulating. The TEA PARTY has become a massive grassroots movement of tens of millions of like-minded Americans from all racial and religious backgrounds and political parties. The TEA PARTY members share the nucleus principles of limited government, individual freedoms, personal responsibility, fair free markets and returning power to the States and the people. The TEA PARTY is about reforming all political parties and government, so the prime principles of our Constitution, once again, the foundation of which this nation stands.
The biggest lie ever concocted about illegal aliens is that there is a population of 12 million. That figure has been the official, an old tired statement of the Liberals and the open border zealots since 1987. The Undeniable fact is that there could be close to 40 million illegal’s aliens here, which have nearly bankrupted this sovereign nation. The authorities south of our border have admitted that 12% of their entire country now lives in the United States? One of the most tired banality of the immigration debate is that “immigrants do the jobs Americans won’t do.” With 22 million Americans out of work, this justification for not enforcing our immigration laws ring hollow than ever before. — There are an estimated 8 million illegal aliens in the workforce. Virtually all of them are in the unskilled sectors, which are stealing jobs from Black, White, Hispanic and others of different race groups
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