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Methodist bishop whose church 'aids' illegal immigrants claims US is 'raping Central America and lea
Source: Daily Mail
Methodist bishop whose church 'aids' illegal immigrants claims US is 'raping Central America and leaving societies in shambles'
By Lydia Willgress for MailOnline
Published: 10:57 EST, 20 April 2016 | Updated: 10:59 EST, 20 April 2016
A bishop whose church has been accused of 'aiding and abetting' illegal immigrants has claimed America is 'raping' other countries.
Minerva Carcano appeared in front of the House Judiciary Committee's subcommittee in Washington to discuss immigration and border security yesterday.
The Methodist, whose church has been given federal grants to help the refugee crisis, made the comment after being accused of welcoming immigrants, regardless of their status, by Virginia Republican Bob Goodlatte.
She told the subcommittee: 'Immigrants want to stay home (but) theyre not able to stay home because weve undermined their economies. We have raped their lands.'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3549979/Methodist-bishop-church-aids-illegal-immigrants-claims-raping-Central-America-leaving-societies-shambles.html#ixzz46NwpUnoN
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Methodist bishop whose church 'aids' illegal immigrants claims US is 'raping Central America and lea (Original Post)
Judi Lynn
Apr 2016
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jwirr
(39,215 posts)1. I have no problem believing this. This is what we have been
doing to most of the smaller poorer countries of the world for a long time now. We are now even making it legal through so called trade deals.
yurbud
(39,405 posts)2. how did committee reply?
Unicorn
(424 posts)3. Bob "Goodlatte" is a racist.
Is that even a real name?
And, latte means milk in Italian. I think he's bad milk.