(Some) Silly Talk From WI. Bishops

Nice of the Bishops to acknowledge the rights of nations to maintain borders.  That's about all they did right in this Missive of Silliness.

 

A [...] joint statement was issued Dec. 18 by the bishops of Wisconsin -- Archbishop Jeffrey S. Grob of Milwaukee, Bishop Donald J. Hying of Madison, Bishop David L. Ricken of Green Bay, Bishop James P. Powers of Superior, Bishop Gerard W. Battersby of La Crosse, Auxiliary Bishops Jeffrey R. Haines and James T. Schuerman of Milwaukee, retired Archbishop Jerome E. Listecki of Milwaukee and retired Bishop William P. Callahan of La Crosse.

"Immigration is a profoundly complex issue," they said and reaffirmed the USCCB statement. "There is no inherent contradiction in upholding human dignity, the common good, and the rule of law." These principles can be embraced "in unity," the prelates said.

"We must acknowledge that the recent federal immigration enforcement has achieved some beneficial outcomes," their statement continued. "Violent criminals and drug dealers have been deported, and child trafficking rings have been discovered and broken up. No one would disagree that these achievements are just and necessary."

"But even good goals must be achieved in a way that is just, prudent, and proportionate," it added.

 "We must also voice our strong concern regarding the indiscriminate nature of the current federal immigration enforcement," it said. "U.S. citizens are being racially profiled. Immigrants are vilified, denied pastoral care, detained in poor conditions, and parents and children are being separated. Immigrants who abided by all the rules of the legal immigration process have lost their legal status arbitrarily.

"We see this dynamic especially in the experience of those who sought and received political asylum in the United States."...

1)  Their Excellencies should accompany ICE agents when they make arrests and witness what actually happens during the actions rather than listen to post-action whining from Professional Whiners (who often lie a lot.)  

2)  Their Excellencies should ask WHY 'parents and children are separated' rather than condemning that action.  Maybe they would learn something.

3)  "Those who sought.....political asylum" lie about their reasons MOST of the time, not just SOME of the time.  Further, the Bishops should provide receipts for their charge of "arbitrarily" losing legal status.

We readily concede that mistakes happen.  Do the Bishops ever make mistakes?  We readily concede that in kinetic activity, 'rough treatment' occurs.  But it is very rare that such treatment occurs in a vacuum.

Finally:  H.E. Grob cannot explain why his employee, paid for by parish members who are also paying for health-care, education, food, and housing for illegals AND legals, is offering legal counseling to illegal immigrants.  Surely, H.E. does not think that such activity is what the Catholic Church should be doing.

Right?

Right, Excellency??