Immigration system broken, needs reform, U.S. bishops say in Labor Day message

8/31/2007
Catholic Online
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WASHINGTON (Catholic Online) – The U.S. immigration system is broken and in need of far-reaching and comprehensive reform that respects the contribution made by those who come to this country, said the U.S. bishops in a Labor Day statement.

In the statement, "Labor Day 2007: A Time to Remember; A Time to Recommit," dated Sept. 3 and released Aug. 24, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn, N.Y., chairman of the bishops’ domestic policy committee, said that Labor Day, which is seen by too many as “just another day off,â€