A story out of the San Antonio Express-News was headlined: “Protestors rally around immigrants hiding in Austin churches.” That’s right, “hiding” illegal aliens in Austin churches as if the United States were packing these people off to labor camps for later extermination.
“They don’t leave. Ivan goes to school, but if they leave the school or the church they could be deported. To them it’s like prison ,” said Jim Rigby, pastor of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian in Austin.
The story relays to us that these illegal aliens from Central American “were supposed to show up at the San Antonio ICE field office for an appointment that was likely to be their last before deportation. But two tall Austin ministers came in their stead: Rigby, and Chris Jimmerson of the First Unitarian Universalist Church. And along with them, some 100 advocates protesting their possible deportation.”
So despite the hyperbole about “prison” the only thing about to happen to these folk who entered our country illegally is that they will be sent back home. That’s hardly the type of persecution that justifies a Presbyterian and Universalist church in Austin hiding people and keeping them from due process.
Apparently a crowd of collaborators of about a hundred went along to the immigration field office and chanted “Let them stay,” through megaphones.
The Express-News story informed us that: “The two churches are part of the Austin Sanctuary Network, a group of faith-based communities that agreed to provide protection and a shelter for immigrants.”
Nope, it seems they are church congregations “hiding” illegal aliens with court dates. It is us who need protection, protection from clergy and laity who seek to undermine due process and the rule of law.
Austin churches actively subvert due process and law
“They don’t leave. Ivan goes to school, but if they leave the school or the church they could be deported. To them it’s like prison ,” said Jim Rigby, pastor of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian in Austin.
The story relays to us that these illegal aliens from Central American “were supposed to show up at the San Antonio ICE field office for an appointment that was likely to be their last before deportation. But two tall Austin ministers came in their stead: Rigby, and Chris Jimmerson of the First Unitarian Universalist Church. And along with them, some 100 advocates protesting their possible deportation.”
So despite the hyperbole about “prison” the only thing about to happen to these folk who entered our country illegally is that they will be sent back home. That’s hardly the type of persecution that justifies a Presbyterian and Universalist church in Austin hiding people and keeping them from due process.
Apparently a crowd of collaborators of about a hundred went along to the immigration field office and chanted “Let them stay,” through megaphones.
The Express-News story informed us that: “The two churches are part of the Austin Sanctuary Network, a group of faith-based communities that agreed to provide protection and a shelter for immigrants.”
Nope, it seems they are church congregations “hiding” illegal aliens with court dates. It is us who need protection, protection from clergy and laity who seek to undermine due process and the rule of law.