Vision, Dignity, Achievement Sat, 12 Aug 2023 11:06:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 /wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2021-NCC-Logo-Site-Favicon-150x150.jpg 32 32 /2017/12/editorial-remember-to-help-others-this-holiday-season/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=editorial-remember-to-help-others-this-holiday-season /2017/12/editorial-remember-to-help-others-this-holiday-season/#respond Fri, 01 Dec 2017 14:02:25 +0000 https://72375d9a61.nxcli.io/?p=10840 Editorial By Monsignor William J. Linder
Shortly before Thanksgiving, President Trump pardoned two turkeys, as is a presidential tradition. That declaration wasn’t controversial like his pardon of former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio in August.
Arpaio was convicted of criminal contempt for knowingly violating a federal judge’s order, which said individuals could not be detained simply because they were undocumented. He’s notorious for being anti-Hispanic. The president’s pardon of him was another way in which he has divided the country.
The president should be an example to the nation, not fight with its people as he so often does. He needs to be known for his care to the poor, particularly poor immigrants and refugees who have no one to look after them.
We need to remember the children, especially those from violent and war-torn areas who have lived through horror in their life that no one should have to experience.
As we enter the Christmas season, we should remember that Mary and Joseph couldn’t find a place for her to have her baby. They were turned away in their time of need.
We shouldn’t make that same mistake today. We should be building shelters and caring for people who are homeless, regardless of their immigration status.
If you look at the president’s tweets, they’re never expressing care for anyone. His life just revolves around him. That’s not the message of Thanksgiving and Christmas.
The holiday season is a time to thank God and to share. We should all remember that, including President Trump.

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Last month, President Trump announced the end of a program that allowed undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children to stay in this country. Those young people are here through no fault of their own and now they could face deportation. They are important to the economic vitality of our country. There would be no United States without them.
Once again, Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, the Archbishop of Newark, released a statement that lays out Christian principles as clearly as possible. I wanted to share his words with you in their entirety:
The decision to phase out the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals executive order is malicious.
It is plainly and clearly wrong for this Administration to use as a political tool the lives, futures and security of some 800,000 young people whose only crime, if you ever could call it that, was that they lovingly and obediently accompanied their parents in pursuit of the dream of freedom and opportunity.
Whether or not the previous administration had authority to institute DACA does not matter. The 800,000 Dreamers affected by the rescission are people. They live in our neighborhoods, attend our schools, fight for our country and contribute actively in our workplaces. They are contributing to this nation’s future and prosperity. They have followed the rules that have been in place, always praying that Congress would step up to the plate and craft intelligent, heartfelt long term solutions to a broken immigration system.
One can’t hide behind the term “legality” in rescinding DACA. That is an abandonment of humanity, and abandonment of talented and hopeful young people who are as American as you and I.
The rule of law, first, last and always, must provide a humane, moral code to organize, protect and advance society based on the best ideals and beliefs in our hearts and minds. Catholic teaching calls all people to make a commitment to uphold the dignity of every person and to work for the common good of our nation. Rescinding DACA without having in place through Congress an equivalent and permanent protection for these Americans does not advance society or exemplify our best ideals and beliefs. It is, rather, an abandoning of humanity.
Today, the Administration not only has closed borders; it also has closed minds and hearts.
These Dreamers won’t have a home or a very bright future if they get deported. We also have to worry about our own future. It’s suicide for us as a country to cut off these young people who contribute greatly to society.

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