Houston, Texas, Jun 9, 2005 / 22:00 pm
Immigrants and migrant workers deserve help, compassion and solidarity, not recrimination, said Honduran Cardinal Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga.
The Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, the Honduran capital, was in Houston to attend a conference on migration. He spoke on the subject in two presentations at the University of St. Thomas. He also visited a home for undocumented immigrant children who have been detained.
The Houston Chronicle reported that in his 40-minute talk at the Catholic university, he said wealthy nations have "a greater obligation to adapt to migratory flows."
"Although the sovereign right of the states to monitor their borders is recognized, this cannot be done at the expense of the human rights of migrant individuals, regardless of their legal status," he was quoted as saying.