From none other than the holotype of bigoted, hypocritical "Christian":
That quote is from Matthew 25, and is my favorite to throw in the face of these anti-immigrant neo-fascists. But Sessions' response is priceless:
That's one of the smarmiest things I've heard from Sessions, who is also the type specimen of smarmy.
So, suddenly the U.S. is a "secular nation"; funny, I could swear that we're a "Christian" nation. And by the way, they're not enforcing the laws; they're making it up as they go along. Note: "the law" is as follows:
What Trump, et al. are trying to do is circumvent the law to keep their racist, isolationist base happy. That's all.
Footnote: Scrolling down through the Code section, I ran across this. Hide your irony meter:
Pity the Trump cultists aren't trying to emigrate. Oh, well, you can't have everything.
Via Joe.My.God.
Sessions was speaking at the Boston Lawyers chapter of the Federalist Society when a man, later identified as United Methodist Pastor Will Green of Ballard Vale United Church in Andover, Mass., interrupted with quoted lines from the Bible.
“I was hungry and you did not feed me. I was a stranger and you did not welcome me. I was naked and you did not clothe me,” Green said. “Brother Jeff, as a fellow United Methodist I call upon you to repent, to care for those in need, to remember that when you do not care for others, you are wounding the body of Christ.”
The pastor was then escorted from the room. Another pastor, identified as Darrell Hamilton of First Baptist Church of Boston, also addressed Sessions and was escorted out.
That quote is from Matthew 25, and is my favorite to throw in the face of these anti-immigrant neo-fascists. But Sessions' response is priceless:
"I don't believe there's anything in my theology that says a secular nation-state cannot have lawful laws to control immigration in this country. That’s what we’re talking about," Sessions said. "It’s not immoral, not indecent and not unkind to state what your laws are and then set about to enforce them, in my view. I feel like that’s my responsibility and that’s what I intend to do.”
That's one of the smarmiest things I've heard from Sessions, who is also the type specimen of smarmy.
So, suddenly the U.S. is a "secular nation"; funny, I could swear that we're a "Christian" nation. And by the way, they're not enforcing the laws; they're making it up as they go along. Note: "the law" is as follows:
8 U.S. Code § 1158 - Asylum
(a) Authority to apply for asylum
(1) In general
Any alien who is physically present in the United States or who arrives in the United States (whether or not at a designated port of arrival and including an alien who is brought to the United States after having been interdicted in international or United States waters), irrespective of such alien’s status, may apply for asylum in accordance with this section or, where applicable, section 1225(b) of this title.
What Trump, et al. are trying to do is circumvent the law to keep their racist, isolationist base happy. That's all.
Footnote: Scrolling down through the Code section, I ran across this. Hide your irony meter:
(2) Exceptions
(A) In generalParagraph (1) shall not apply to an alien if the Attorney General determines that—
(i) the alien ordered, incited, assisted, or otherwise participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion;
Pity the Trump cultists aren't trying to emigrate. Oh, well, you can't have everything.
Via Joe.My.God.
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