Racismo en Arizona

Palabras del arzobispo Timothy Dolan sobre la nueva ley contra los inmigrantes de Arizona. Una ley draconiana. La iglesia católica, cerca de los oprimidos.

Una selección de las palabras del arzobispo:

(...) To welcome the immigrant, to work hard for their legalization and citizenship, to help them feel at home, to treat them as neighbors and allies in the greatest project of human rights and ethnic and religious harmony in history -the United States of America- flows from the bright, noble side of our American character.

To blame them, stalk them, outlaw them, harass them, and consider them outsiders is unbiblical, inhumane, and un-American.

Yes, every society has the duty to protect its borders and thoughtfully monitor its population. The call is to do this justly, sanely, and civilly.

My brother bishops in Arizona worry this is not the case there. They have been joined by Cardinal Roger Mahony, Jewish, other Christians, and various civic and human rights groups.

I'm on their side.

I want history to repeat itself - but the "Statue of Liberty side," not the Nativist side.

Archbishop Timothy Dolan