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| Administration Official on Illegal Aliens: 'Jesus Was a Refugee' |
| 2014-07-09 |
| [CNSNEWS] The man who heads the federal agency responsible for many of the 50,000 unaccompanied alien children from Central America who have entered the U.S. illegally in recent months told attendees at a conference on Tuesday that those working with refugees should look to Jesus Christ as a role model. "Jesus was a refugee, and that's a very good reminder to all of us," Eskinder Negash, director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), said at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' (USCCB) 2014 Migration Conference in Washington, D.C. In the case of unaccompanied alien children, U.S. law requires that those who do not come from a contiguous country, i.e. Mexico or Canada, be transferred to the custody of ORR where they will be reunited with family or placed elsewhere until deportation proceedings can be completed. "I happen to believe in [the] refugee program, not just because Jesus was a refugee -- because I was also myself a refugee," said Negash, who was named to his post by the B.O. regime in 2009. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #34 Whoa. Spano momma name Karma! Nothing wrong with that. Good hippie name. Karma's one of the quirkiest... witches. It's she who gave Spano his twitches. Sometimes Karma pitches And sometimes she switches To play in more specialized niches. |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2014-07-09 23:58 |
| #33 Yes, Jesus and his parents were refugees in Egypt. But IIRC they'd just gotten some valuable belated Christmas presents, and could probably pay their own way. Seriously, there are plenty of other passages that would appear to make the point much more strongly. Whether those passages apply the same way with a society with an extensive welfare program is a debate the "open borders" folks never seem to want to get involved in. |
| Posted by: James 2014-07-09 20:29 |
| #32 Wow ZF, that's a Homer. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2014-07-09 19:26 |
| #31 The president is now calling the influx a surge and says it will continue. |
| Posted by: Thineng Angailet7166 2014-07-09 17:22 |
| #30 The last thing these imbeciles should be doing is using the Bible. They obviously never read it. |
| Posted by: newc 2014-07-09 16:45 |
| #29 Surprised in her duds by his mummy, Spano slipped her a tale (accent plummy): "Please don't think I'm dirty! It's just, now I'm thirty, I thought I might work as a dummy! |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2014-07-09 16:35 |
| #28 Maybe he means Jesus Hernandez was a refugee. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2014-07-09 15:17 |
| #27 |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2014-07-09 15:13 |
| #26 15 ways liberals are like bratty kids |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2014-07-09 15:08 |
| #25 |
| Posted by: spano bellingbo3665 2014-07-09 15:05 |
| #24 Your mom's quite the logger, know that much. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2014-07-09 15:04 |
| #23 |
| Posted by: spano bellingbo3665 2014-07-09 15:01 |
| #22 Oh, I call her mum...when we're trying not to wake you up. My brother says y'all are out of beer and lysol. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2014-07-09 14:56 |
| #21 |
| Posted by: spano bellingbo3665 2014-07-09 14:46 |
| #20 It is. We branch on your mom like a train wreck. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2014-07-09 14:42 |
| #19 |
| Posted by: spano bellingbo3665 2014-07-09 14:40 |
| #18 Nah... his mom is turning tricks again to support her drug habit. We really used to have a better class of trolls in the past. All we get now are the dregs. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2014-07-09 14:33 |
| #17 Therefore, existing, even in your tiny dancer mind, rent free. 14:00 again. My my, your mom out on another date? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2014-07-09 14:29 |
| #16 |
| Posted by: spano bellingbo3665 2014-07-09 13:59 |
| #15 The more Administration Officials open their mouths the more I want to kick their teeth down their throats for the willful and blatant stupidity they continue to spew. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2014-07-09 13:34 |
| #14 Oh, that's right, Oldspook. They went to Egypt to escape Herod for a while. Let's see...did they go on welfare in Egypt? Get EBT cards? Go to school? Check out the local ER? All on the Egyptian taxpayers' dime? |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2014-07-09 12:54 |
| #13 Sorry to get so technical on you but exactly where in the Bible does it say Jesus was a refugee? I've actually read a good deal of it and I don't remember that part. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2014-07-09 12:49 |
| #12 but for this admin this Petty piece is more appropriate: |
| Posted by: 3dc 2014-07-09 11:16 |
| #11 |
| Posted by: 3dc 2014-07-09 11:12 |
| #10 And Tom Petty was from Indiana. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2014-07-09 11:10 |
| #9 Who is Eskinder Negash ? Click his name for his biography..."I happen to believe in [the] refugee program, not just because Jesus was a refugee -- because I was also myself a refugee," said Negash Very powerful statement, a sympathizer, to hell with the rule of law, the end justify the means, right, Mr Nagash. Another crooked political bureaucrat, in a crooked administration. |
| Posted by: Woozle Cruque7549 2014-07-09 10:12 |
| #8 Does that imply we are intended to crucify illegal migrants? I wouldn't go THAT far... |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2014-07-09 09:57 |
| #7 And Hitler was a vegan. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-07-09 09:46 |
| #6 'Jesus Was a Refugee' No, you moron,he wasn't. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2014-07-09 08:07 |
| #5 Jesus was a carpenter, fisherman, community organizer... But Obama is the Messiah. |
| Posted by: Airandee 2014-07-09 05:56 |
| #4 There are no gangs shooting up little kiddies in Central America. Refugees normally does not consist of only little kiddies. The only one who is tearing families apart throughout Central America for personal political gain is Barack Hussien Obama with promises of utopia if you send my your little kiddies. Impeachment for this horrific inhumane scam is in order. |
| Posted by: Thineng Angailet7166 2014-07-09 05:26 |
| #3 And funny how the appeal to Catholics for this while cramming abortion down their throats wit Obsmacare |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2014-07-09 01:24 |
| #2 Jesus also returned home fairly soon after Mary and Joseph no longer needed to flee Herod. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2014-07-09 01:23 |
| #1 Didn't we hear something like this before? Let's see, oh yeah..."Jesus was a community organizer." |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2014-07-09 00:50 |