Let's discredit Bishop Gerald R. Barnes (San Bernardino)

Bishop Gerald R. Barnes leads the Diocese of San Bernardino (sbdiocese.org) and, as discussed here, he's also the "point man for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' national Justice for Immigrants campaign".

That says he's being criticized from all sides: pro-borders members complain about his support for illegal immigration, while at the same time the open borders loons from the National Alliance for Human Rights complain about his support for only a limited albeit massive amnesty for illegal aliens.

I'd suggest going to his public appearances and asking him tough questions about his stance. At the very least, print up some flyers and distribute them to his congregation. A possible tack is suggested by the following:

[Rep. Brian Bilbray (R-CA)] called the bishop's views, "well-intentioned but dangerous" because talk of legalization entices would-be immigrants to come into the United States illegally... "People talking about this, including the bishop, are responsible for people dying on the freeway, drowning in the rivers and dying in the desert," said Bilbray.

Or, consider this Barnes quote:

"I want to make it understood that the Catholic church is for the reformation of the immigration laws so that we do not have illegal immigration... We are not encouraging people in any way to break the law. We want to change the law."

The only way to sharply reduce illegal immigration is to enforce the laws. The U.S. Catholic Church and others have shown time and time again that they do not support enforcement of our immigration laws. Some on the far left even complain about small attempts to deport fugitive and criminal aliens.

The "reform" that Barnes supports will only make the situation far worse, encouraging even more illegal immigration and leading to even more of the problems he pretends to oppose.

Comments

so the bishop has been paid-off with a little boy?. by the way laws mean nothing to the so called catholic power system, aliens are needed to make power for that drug dealing system of little kids and old guys. this guy is a joke and keep him away from little people. his ideals mean nothing, but he his got a hell of a-lot of money from mexico city to work his evil ideals into you.