The chairman of the episcopal Committee on Migration, Bishop Gerald Barnes, has come out in favor of the Kennedy-McCain amnesty scheme. From a report on his press release come these quotes:

"The legislation seeks to repair the current U.S. immigration system, a system which is broken and needs reform... This legislative proposal best reflects principles for immigration reform set forth by the United States bishops... The Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act of 2005 represents a comprehensive and bipartisan approach to reforming our broken immigration system..."

See "America's immigration system is broken, and needs to be fixed" for a discussion of that favorite meaningless talking point of the Open Borders crowd. These people really need to come up with a new line.

Despite the empty blather quoted above, the Bishop did have something interesting to add:

Bishop Barnes expressed a desire to work with the sponsors of the legislation and others to include additional important provisions to the measure... These would include additional labor protections in the essential worker program for both U.S. and foreign workers; mechanisms to ensure that migrants are treated humanely by enforcement personnel; and provisions which allow for the involvement of community organizations in the implementation of the new program.

In other words, the Bishop wants what amounts to a cut. We'll help you bring in cheap laborers, and we'll get the concession on their souls.

Previously, see this post on Bishop Thomas Wenski.