Thread: Pat the Cope visits Irish illegals in Philadelphia

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Pat the Cope visits Irish illegals in Philadelphia
Mar 13, 6:26 pm
Junior Transport Minister Pat the Cope Gallagher has spoken of the work the government here is doing to back the undocumented in the United States.

He has attended a special event in Philadelphia for Irish emigrants, organised by the Director of the Irish Immigration and Pastoral Centre Tom Conaghan.

The Minister says that the government here are very concerned about the vulnerable circumstances of the undocumented following a clampdown in the States on illegal immigrants.

He told the group that the government strongly support the approach put forward by Senators Kennedy and McCain and hope that its key elements will be given favourable consideration in the current debate in Congress.

The Government has provided a grant of €30,000 to the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform to support it in its important work in representing the interests of the undocumented.

Minister Gallagher is in America to represent the Government at a number of St. Patrick's Day celebrations.

I guess all those people who weren't in the public eye are really happy to have been prancing around Chicago last week. Good enough for them--send them on home right along with the rest of the illegals.