Cardinal Calls For Humane Immigration Legislation

Roger Michael Cardinal Mahony

Function: Archbishop of Los Angeles, California, USA

Title: Cardinal Priest of Ss Quattro Coronati

Birthdate: Feb 27, 1936	Country: USA

Elevated: Jun 28, 1991	More information: www.catholic-hierarchy.org

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Cardinal Calls For Humane Immigration Legislation
Jun 15, 2006
Cardinal Roger Mahony Wednesday called on federal lawmakers to pass immigration legislation that includes humane border enforcement and does not criminalize people who sneak across the borders.

(CBS, Jun 14, 2006) LOS ANGELES - "We are for regulating access to our country from all four borders in ways that respect the dignity of people," Mahony said at a news conference before the start of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops at the Millennium Biltmore in downtown Los Angeles.

Enforcement cannot criminalize undocumented workers because "it will just force people more underground and into the shadows," he said.

Mahony joined bishops from Orange, San Bernardino, New York and Tucson to discuss the church's continued support for illegal immigrants and federal legislation that includes a pathway to citizenship and guest worker program.

"The only solution to this problem, to this challenge is international cooperation," said Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, chairman of the Catholic Legal Immigration Network.

The group, which recognizes that many undocumented workers come to the United States from Mexico, said it would continue to work with church leaders in that country to address the economic problems that cause people to some to the United States illegally.

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