Monday, February 24, 2003

US Catholic Bishops Attack American Citizenship Standards

The US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is endorsing a bill now before the US Congress called the, "Tohono O'dham Citizenship Act." This was published in a February 21 USCCB statement titled, "Migration Committee Urges Citizenship Recognition for Tohono O'dham Nation." The "Tohono O'dham Nation" is an Indian tribe numbered at 24,000 that has members in Arizona (USA) and Sonora (Mexico).

The so-called "problem" is that 7,000 of the tribe "claim" to have been born on the USA side of the border, although there is no legal evidence of this! In their mock concern for the welfare of American Indians, the US bishops in pious lamentation say this creates, "insurmountable barriers to celebrating their faith, visiting their family members, and practicing their culture."

The "barriers" the USCCB is complaining about are that some Tohono O'dham Indians cannot get across the US border (legally, anyway) when supposedly coming back from Mexico from, "visiting their family members," because they have no documentary proof they are US citizens. Therefore the "solution" should be - a blanket gift of US citizenship automatically granted to whomever the Tohono O'dham nation says are "enrolled members."

Yet........the Roman statement makes NO MENTION of the possibility that some Tohono O'dham Indians (or others) from the Mexican side of the border could use this as a loophole to easily obtain US citizenship........I wonder why?

The Catholic Church continues to show itself an enemy of the United States by supporting any crack in the border, or any foot in the door, that will work to the purpose of opening American borders to just anyone - preferably Roman Catholics and terrorists!! Pray that our Lord Jesus Christ be glorified in protecting the USA and other Protestant nations from the ongoing intrigues of Rome.