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A 4 page research paper/essay that draws on an interview with Bishop Jaime Soto in order to outline the position of the Catholic Church on illegal immigration issues. The writer cites this interview and argues that the Catholic Church's pro-immigration stance is correct. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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addressed by the Obama administration. On one side of this debate are whites that feel that illegal immigrants should be punished and held accountable before the law, while also strictly
adhering to the immigration laws as they are currently enforced. Countering this position are those who recognize that illegal immigrants are people who are drawn to the U.S. by economic
and political issues who are simply looking for a better life and gainful employment. The following examination of this debate focuses on the position of the Catholic Church and its
rationale for supporting immigration reform. The February 2, 2008 edition of U.S. Catholic contained an interview conducted by the editors of the magazine with Bishop Jaime Soto, Coadjutor bishop
of Sacramento, California, who is one of the "churchs most prominent spokespersons on immigration" ("Catholics" 18). In this interview, Soto voices the position of the Catholic Church on the issues
surrounding the national debate over immigration. According to Soto, U.S. Catholic bishops are in consensus with the "sentiment that the U.S. immigration system is broken" ("Catholics" 18). By this
Soto means that the system entails tremendous negative consequences to the people who enter the country illegally, but also that it is detrimental to any society to have a large
number of people "living on its margins" ("Catholics" 18). For this reason, the Church supports the establishment of a temporary worker program that would be designed to allow immigrants to
enter the country legally whenever there is sufficient labor demand for their services ("Catholics" 18). Another factor that is propelling illegal immigration is the fact that it takes a
very long time for the government to allow the family members of legal immigrants to join them. This backlog is created by the fact that there are "insufficient U.S. quotas
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