June 22, 2006

Today's example of how unlawful immigration rots the moral fabric is from two Southern California Catholic dioceses, where the men in cassocks have chosen free labor over protecting children from sexual predators.

Not wanting to lose illegal immigrant volunteers, the Los Angeles and Orange Roman Catholic dioceses have quietly backed away from a pledge to root out pedophiles by running fingerprint background checks on anyone who works with children.

The words of Butch Cassidy come to mind when perusing the names of the 500 economists who signed an "open letter" on immigration (celebrated by, of course, the Wall Street Journal editorial page).