John Zmirak has a very thought provoking piece on Catholics and illegal immigration today at Inside Catholic. I recommend it.
For my part, I wrote out my thoughts on this a while ago with the thought of getting them published, but never found the right venue (read: nobody was buying). I’ll offer them here, where my [...]

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This is ridiculous. A 13 year-old-girl was attacked and threatened with worse in Texas after making an anti-illegal immigration sign for a class project:
It was an assignment for history class–to make a protest sign for or against an issue, and Melanie said she chose illegal immigration.  Her sign read, “If you love our nation, stop [...]

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The Washington Times reports that deportation numbers are up substantially:
The Department of Homeland Security, continuing to enforce what it calls a “strict policy of arresting, prosecuting and jailing” illegal immigrants, deported a record number of those caught on the nation’s borders last year — more than 280,000 in fiscal year 2007 compared with 186,000 a [...]

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The Washington Times reminds us again today about the Trojan Horse that is Mike Huckabee’s social conservatism. As pro-lifers and conservative Christians flock to Huckabee en masse, they continue to ignore the fact that Huckabee is just plain wrong on a number of issues, including immigration:
Groups that support a crackdown on illegal aliens haven’t settled [...]

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