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Statement from Bishop Gerald Barnes on the Court Ruling Regarding Arizona' Immigration Law

Hermanos y Hermanas en Cristo,

pdfEl Tribunal Federal dictaminó hoy sobre la ley del estado de Arizona que pretendía abordar la cuestión de la inmigración entre México y Estados Unidos. Debido a los desafíos legales a esta ley y a la preocupación de muchos, incluyendo nuestra Iglesia, algunas disposiciones clave que permitirían a la policía investigar sobre el estado de inmigración de los residentes de Arizona no entrarán en vigor por el momento.

El Proyecto de Ley del Senado 1070 ha desencadenado fuertes sentimientos y diferentes puntos de vista.  Nos ha llevado a una batalla de ideologías cuando nos deberíamos enfocar en cómo reparar un sistema de inmigración que ambas partes reconocen que no funciona.

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Rights and Responsibilities


Rights and Responsibilities PDF Print E-mail
icon_education“Every person has a fundamental right to life,” say the U.S. Bishops, “the right that makes all other rights possible. Each person also has a right to the conditions for living a decent life—faith and family life, food and shelter, education and employment, health care and housing. We also have a duty to secure and respect these rights not only for ourselves, but for others, and to fulfill our responsibilities to our families, to each other, and to the larger society.”  (Faithful Citizenship: A Catholic Call to Political Responsibility, 2003.)

Rights and responsibilities are inextricably tied:  “The obligation to earn one’s bread presumes the right to do so.”  (The Hundredth Year, Centesimus Annus, John Paul II, 1991)  

Emphasizing rights and neglecting responsibility leads to contradictions and threats to the common good.  Much of the discussion in politics today is focused on individual rights, and neglects the corresponding responsibilities including our corporate responsibility to each other and future generations.  
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