AMERICA/UNITED STATES - The Church on the measures for immigrants: "We have a long history of welcoming..."

Friday, 21 November 2014

Washington (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. Eusebio Elizondo, M.Sp.S., auxiliary bishop of Seattle and chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Committee on Migration, welcomed the news that the Obama administration will defer deportations for many undocumented immigrants and their families.
"We have a long history of welcoming and aiding the poor, the outcast, the immigrant, and the disadvantaged - said Mgr. Elizondo -. Each day, the Catholic Church in the United States, in her social service agencies, hospitals, schools, and parishes, witnesses the human consequences of the separation of families, when parents are deported from their children or spouses from each other. We’ve been on record asking the Administration to do everything within its legitimate authority to bring relief and justice to our immigrant brothers and sisters. As pastors, we welcome any efforts within these limits that protect individuals and protect and reunite families and vulnerable children".
In the note sent to Agenzia Fides, Archbishop of Louisville, His Exc. Mgr. Joseph E. Kurtz, President of the USCCB, said, "There is an urgent pastoral need for a more humane view of immigrants and a legal process that respects each person’s dignity, protects human rights, and upholds the rule of law".
According to the latest news released by agencies, last night President Obama announced the signing of enforcement measures and will defer deportations for many undocumented immigrants and their families. "It is not a mass amnesty. We are talking about responsibility and common sense measures" the President said on presenting the decree, which bars from forced repatriation those living in the US for 5 years or have children born there, providing residency and work permit. (CE) (Agenzia Fides 21/11/2014)


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