Archbishop Gomez Shows Openness to Immigration Bill to Create Legal Protections
Los Angeles Archbishop José Gomez praised immigration legislation that would provide protections for people lacking legal immigration status.
The bill (HR 4393), which would not lay out a direct path to citizenship, would give people who lack legal status the chance to earn it through labor and financial penalties if they lack a criminal record. It would apply to people who entered the United States before 2021.
In an op-ed for the diocesan-run Angelus News, Archbishop Gomez said much could be improved about the bill, which its sponsor calls the Dignity Act, but called it “a genuine, good-faith starting point,” adding: “We need to start somewhere. And we need to start now.”