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Arizona illegal immigrant law is a Nazi measure says Catholic Archbishop Mahony

Posted on Wednesday, April 21, 2010 at 04:46 PM
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Looks like the Catholic Church has decided to relive its better days (when it was led by brave people like El Salvador's Archbishop Oscar Romero).

The Archbishop of Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony (above) has come out swinging against Arizona's illegal immigration measure calling it something the Nazis would have been proud of.

He blasted the bill as "the country's most retrogressive, mean-spirited and useless anti-immigrant law."

"American people are fair-minded and respectful. I can't imagine Arizonans now reverting to German Nazi and Russian Communist techniques whereby people are required to turn one another in to the authorities on any suspicion of documentation," Mahony wrote on his blog.

The measure would allow police to stop someone if they suspect them of being in the country illegally.

The bill does not specify what grounds the police would need but the implications are frightening.

The new measure would also require all immigrants to have their papers on them in the event they are stopped by police.

"The tragedy of the law is its totally flawed reasoning: that immigrants come to our country to rob, plunder and consume public resources. That is not only false, the premise is nonsense."



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bonjouryall | Jul 03, 2010, 09:54 AM EDT
What is not being said here is important and typical. I believe that American law and practice has in actuality favored the importation of darker skinned people for several decades now. The Archbishop favors continuing this approach, along with employers that want a cheap, obedient and docile work force. He, like most priests, never mentions lighter skinned people in places like the Ukraine who would love to come to America if they could. So why is this? The Catholic Church and its priests would have somewhat more creditabiilty if they did not advocate positions on immigration with a racial and ethnic bias.

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shidoobe | Apr 30, 2010, 10:42 AM EDT
Guess I am a Nazi now?

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Fran Connor | Apr 28, 2010, 10:12 AM EDT
When is irishcentral going to get it? Most irish americans are all for LEGAL immigration, but don't want our country overrun with ILLEGAL immigrants who will bankrupt us. Read your comments, irishcentral. Unfortunately, the only thing our politicians care about is getting re-elected, so the D's will push for making the illegals citizens.

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mrkennedy | Apr 28, 2010, 09:57 AM EDT
What do you expect from this man whose shoes I wouldn't want to be in when he faces his final judgement before God!!

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LORIEANN | Apr 27, 2010, 06:55 PM EDT
archbishop Mahoney is misguided and irresponsible ....this law has no relation to nazi anything and using this language is never helpful....I guess being illegal is ok with mahoney...that is criminal behavior is now condoned by the church in ca. and if it was up to Mahoney we would be and are a sanctuary state...our schools, hospitals, and communities are paying the price...this is one time I won`t be listening to my bishop

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rpmschevy | Apr 25, 2010, 11:47 PM EDT
Novel concept, come here legally and there is not an uproar. I brought my wife and her daughter here legally. I paid thousands of dollars to go through the proper channels. Why must I pay for them, and pay for all of these criminals?

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miniwicker | Apr 24, 2010, 01:14 PM EDT
I think it's a great plan--at least they are trying to get something done about the problem. Maybe the catholic church should pay the american taxpayers back the expense we've been out for illegal mexican imigrates

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patrickesq | Apr 23, 2010, 10:17 PM EDT
The us needs national standards to deal fairly with undocumented residents and provide a reasonable program for citizenship.

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RosemaryKelly | Apr 23, 2010, 08:34 PM EDT
Who cares what Archbishop Mahoney thinks?????!!! Wonder how many priests he has transferred after they were found to molest boys??

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Monsoonman | Apr 23, 2010, 01:34 PM EDT
If Manny Ramirez's papers are in order, there is nothing for him to fear.

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Nicomax | Apr 23, 2010, 01:25 PM EDT
This is a bad law, and we will soon be surprised when some of the Hispanic Major League ball players coming to Phoenix to play the Diamondbacks are picked up for questioning. Can't wait to see how Manny Ramirez reacts to that.

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allentown | Apr 23, 2010, 01:21 PM EDT
Follow the money. Mahoney's Los Angeles Dioceses owes $600,000,000 for his priests child abuses. Where do you think Mahoney is getting the money? Could it be the Hispanic community of Los Angeles?

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Monsoonman | Apr 23, 2010, 12:15 PM EDT
If it wasn't for their education system, I am starting to wonder what the catholic church is good for? Like Winston Churchill once said about the British Navy when he was Lord of the Admiralty: the navy is only good for three things: The lash, rum and sodomy.

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irishwxman | Apr 23, 2010, 11:58 AM EDT
I tell you what Bishop...why don't you worry about problems in the church, and stop worrying about the Arizona people trying the keep illegals out of the country. You hypocrite.

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Searlit | Apr 23, 2010, 11:30 AM EDT
Arizona, being on the border with Mexico has a large influx of illegal immigrants, so unless one lives there you can't really know what citizens there are contending with. However, I think gestapo tactics will hurt not help the situation. It is a problem for the Federal Government to do something about.

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