{"id":4724,"date":"2010-08-02T16:02:52","date_gmt":"2010-08-02T16:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2010\/08\/the-bishops-and-immigration-kicanas-speaks-out.html"},"modified":"2010-08-02T16:02:52","modified_gmt":"2010-08-02T16:02:52","slug":"the-bishops-and-immigration-kicanas-speaks-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2010\/08\/the-bishops-and-immigration-kicanas-speaks-out.html","title":{"rendered":"The bishops and immigration: Kicanas speaks out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Bishop of Tucson, Gerald Kicanas, presides over a diocese that runs along the border with Mexico .  He&#8217;s been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kgun9.com\/Global\/story.asp?S=12816010\">vocal about immigration reform<\/a>, and he gave an interview to <a href=\"http:\/\/netny.net\/currents\/\">&#8220;Currents&#8221;<\/a> last week, just before <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/idUSTRE66U0HJ20100801\">the controversial new Arizona law<\/a> took effect. He explains the USCCB&#8217;s stand on immigration quite clearly. &nbsp;Check it out, below. <\/p>\n<p><center> <object width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/GyVaZHowmhg&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1?color1=0x402061&amp;color2=0x9461ca\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/GyVaZHowmhg&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1?color1=0x402061&amp;color2=0x9461ca\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><\/object> <\/center><\/p>\n<p>Comments on this thread are now closed. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bishop of Tucson, Gerald Kicanas, presides over a diocese that runs along the border with Mexico . He&#8217;s been vocal about immigration reform, and he gave an interview to &#8220;Currents&#8221; last week, just before the controversial new Arizona law took effect. 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