Thursday, February 16, 2006
Faith Leaders ask Spector for Immigration Law Fixes
Misguided Members of the Cloth
Leaders of the Pittsburgh Interfaith Impact Network are campaigning to have Senator Specter gut the language of the immigration law passed by the House of Representatives. This is a bill that puts some teeth in the effort to stem the flood of illegal migrants entering the U.S. How easy it is for people in Pittsburgh, which is little affected by the torrent of illegals that are invading other parts the country, to get on their moralistic high horses about the need to be compassionate to people who are in this country illegally.
They should travel out to Arizona where the influx is playing havoc with the state finances and hospitals have been forced to close because of the services they must provide with no offsetting revenue increases. They should contemplate with their brains and not just their hearts what is going to happen if this tide is not stemmed and stemmed quickly. Any program that imposes no sanctions will only encourage the flood to continue and possibly worsen.
Perhaps they should go down to Mexico and try to improve the lot of all Mexicans and not just those who are willing and able to violate U.S. laws to get here. Perhaps they should contemplate the fact that all the illegals working in the U.S. are depressing wages across a wide range of occupations, making it harder for many Americans to earn a decent living. Where’s the compassion in that?
Leaders of the Pittsburgh Interfaith Impact Network are campaigning to have Senator Specter gut the language of the immigration law passed by the House of Representatives. This is a bill that puts some teeth in the effort to stem the flood of illegal migrants entering the U.S. How easy it is for people in Pittsburgh, which is little affected by the torrent of illegals that are invading other parts the country, to get on their moralistic high horses about the need to be compassionate to people who are in this country illegally.
They should travel out to Arizona where the influx is playing havoc with the state finances and hospitals have been forced to close because of the services they must provide with no offsetting revenue increases. They should contemplate with their brains and not just their hearts what is going to happen if this tide is not stemmed and stemmed quickly. Any program that imposes no sanctions will only encourage the flood to continue and possibly worsen.
Perhaps they should go down to Mexico and try to improve the lot of all Mexicans and not just those who are willing and able to violate U.S. laws to get here. Perhaps they should contemplate the fact that all the illegals working in the U.S. are depressing wages across a wide range of occupations, making it harder for many Americans to earn a decent living. Where’s the compassion in that?
