As a lawyer involved day to day with issues of immigration enforcement, as well as a Catholic, I read with interest the August 19, 2008 letter from the Bishop of Providence, the Very Reverend Thomas Tobin, regarding immigration enforcement in Rhode Island. See August 19, 2008 Letter In that letter, he asks Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to stop its recent enforcement operations in Rhode Island.
“Romney Targets Rudy on Immigration,” “Edwards’ Immigration Stance Muddled,” Hillary Uses Flak Over Immigrant Issue as Rallying Cry” – these recent headlines show that immigration is a hot issue in the United States 2008 Presidential election. The estimated 12 million illegal aliens in the U.S. and the hundreds of thousands illegally entering each year have made the issue acute.