As I predicted months ago, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has quickly responded to President Trump’s decision to terminate an Obama-era program aimed at protecting so-called “Dreamers” from deportation, describing the move as “reprehensible” and “heartbreaking.”
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program had created a temporary shield for around 800,000 Dreamers—teens and young adults without documentation who were brought into the United States as children—who registered for the program. DACA allowed them to pursue higher education and work legally.
Reacting to the move to end the program, the USCCB said, “Today, our nation has done the opposite of how Scripture calls us to respond. It is a step back from the progress that we need to make as a country.”
Significantly the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ statement was signed by the conference’s top figures, including U.S.C.C.B. President Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston; Vice President Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles; Bishop Joe S. Vásquez of Austin, chairman, Committee on Migration; and Bishop Joseph J. Tyson of Yakima, Wash., chairman of the Subcommittee on Pastoral Care of Migrants, Refugees, and Travelers. The bishops deplored the decision, which was announced this morning by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, as “a heartbreaking moment in our history that shows the absence of mercy and good will, and a short-sighted vision for the future.”
The Conference stated, “Today, our nation has done the opposite of how Scripture calls us to respond. It is a step back from the progress that we need to make as a country.”
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The Bishops added, “DACA youth are woven into the fabric of our country and of our Church, and are, by every social and human measure, American youth.”
They said the church “has long watched with pride and admiration as DACA youth live out their daily lives with hope and a determination to flourish and contribute to society: continuing to work and provide for their families, continuing to serve in the military, and continuing to receive an education. Now, after months of anxiety and fear about their futures, these brave young people face deportation.
“This decision is unacceptable,” the Bishops said, “and does not reflect who we are as Americans.”
Never mind that the DACA was a completely unconstitutional usurpation of the legislative branch of government by the executive branch. Never mind that, if the precedent of DACA was allowed to stand, the executive branch of government could effectively and unilaterally nullify any protection of rights afforded to individuals and associations of citizens. Never mind that the DACA program has undermined the rights of the citizens of this country, the ability to find jobs, their wages, their security and safety.
Never mind that the rule of law was dealt a deathblow by DACA.
The Bishops are more interested in defending those illegal residents in this country over and above the needs and rights of citizens.
And let’s not forget, it’s the citizens of this country whom the Church and government constantly tap financially to support those who are here illegally.
Shame on the USCCB which has lost its moral compass and traded the principles of right and justice in order to promote politically correct agendas.
The Bishops hope to fill the empty pews in our churches, left abandoned by Catholics who have walked away from the arbitrary morality spewed forth by the USCCB and individual Bishops, with illegal Hispanic immigrants.
Don’t American citizens and American Catholics have dreams, too? What about them? \
When did illegals become more important than our own people?
The USCCB continues to reveal how out of touch the Bishops are with the needs, both moral and practical, of American Catholics.
Is it any wonder why the number of American born Catholics continues to dwindle and the practice and influence of the Faith has been so weakened?
Where are the leaders within the Church who will speak the truth and defend what is right and just for all, not simply appease the demands of a tyrannical minority?
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