Oppenheimer: Pope is right to urge humane treatment for immigrants

Pope Benedict XVI’s calls for humane treatment of undocumented immigrants during his trip to the United States got anti-immigration zealots more riled up than usual. Good! I’m beginning to like this pope.

Soon after the pope called on Americans to fight “all forms of violence . . . so that immigrants may lead dignified lives,” and a White House statement suggested he brought up with President Bush the need to give immigrants and their children “humane treatment,” some of America’s most vocal opponents of immigration went ballistic.

CNN’s anchor-procrastinator Lou Dobbs, the hero of most U.S. anti-immigration groups, shook his head with more than his usual dose of bitterness in his April 16 broadcast and charged that the pope was visiting Washington to “push the amnesty (for undocumented immigrants) agenda.” “*

*From: http://www.sltrib.com
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