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Church in the WorldBush urged to veto border fence billUnited States Timothy Lavin - 21 October 2006The president of the US bishops' conference called on President Bush last week to veto a bill that would authorise the construction of a 700-mile fence on the US-Mexico border intended to halt illegal immigration. "The US Catholic bishops are supportive of efforts to enforce immigration law and secure our borders," wrote Bishop William Skylstad, president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, in a letter to President Bush, "so long as the mechanism and strategies applied toward this end protect human dignity and protect human life." The bishops considered the construction of a giant fence a short-sighted solution, he said. "We strongly feel the development of just global economic and trade policies designed to help create living wage jobs in countries of origin would permit persons to remain home and support themselves and their families," he wrote. In a letter to the senate last month, Bishop Gerald Barnes, chairman of the bishops' migration committee, said he feared the fence "would lead to increased exploitation and deaths of migrants". The bill authorising the fence has passed both houses of Congress and awaits presidential approval. |
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