http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=955234The head of an organization advocating for reductions in immigration is appalled at how the leaders of a number of mainline Protestant denominations are taking up the cause of amnesty for illegal immigrants.
When several hundred thousand illegal aliens marched for amnesty in 2006, most Americans were outraged -- and subsequent attempts to pass an amnesty failed. But tens of thousands of illegal immigrants and their supporters recently descended on Washington, DC, in what was dubbed "A March for America" -- an event organized by Reform Immigration for America.
Roy BeckRoy Beck, executive director of NumbersUSA, attended the rally as an observer. He videotaped the event and reports that some of the participants were leaders of religious groups, including The National Association of Evangelicals.
"They just joined the amnesty movement, and that's the Assemblies of God, [the] Church of the Nazarene...[the] Christian Reform Church, the whole Vineyard church system is out there," Beck explains. "I don't mean the members, but I mean the leaders advocating for amnesty."
He adds that many amnesty advocates believe in the utopian idea of a borderless world. "This is the effort that has been baptized as the proper Christian, moral way to deal with immigration. But most of the Tanach [admonishes] the Hebrew people to maintain their boundaries so that they don't lose their identity," Beck contends.
The NumbersUSA executive director notes he is very disappointed that religious leaders support the idea of amnesty for individuals who appear to have total contempt for U.S. immigration laws.
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