The Seattle Times reported on Saturday that immigrant advocates and two local religious leaders would create a local sanctuary at the end of March if the government doesn’t stop worksite raids without fixing the immigration system. They spoke in response to last Wednesday’s raid of a UPS warehouse in Auburn, Washington, where 51 suspected illegals were detained.
This is a change from last year’s militant stance by clergy. Back in the day, as they say, Catholics were throwing open parish doors and hanging up signs saying, “Y’all come” in several Spanish dialects. There was a large one on the cupola of a Catholic Church in El Paso — too bad it faced the I-10, instead of Mexico a mile or so away. Had it done so, it might have given courage to wanna-be illegals, instead of being what it was: a marketing ploy aimed at Americans.
But over time, that attitude faded. That big sign in El Paso flapped in the wind until a couple of strings broke and it crumpled onto the roof.
Now there’s a new feel to proceedings, an elevation of conscience supporting a kind of amateurs revolutionary rhetoric. All that is lacking in Washington state are the T-shirts; liberals like T-shirts.
[Hat-tip: The always useful Bender's Immigration Bulletin.]
