By Tay Wiles, Mission Local
As national lawmakers debate an immigration bill pending in the Senate, the Archdiocese of San Francisco has launched a campaign to engage families around the Bay Area to demand meaningful reform.
San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone stood with Father Arturo Albano, Father Paul Gawlowski and other Roman Catholic leaders on the steps of the city’s historic Mission Dolores Monday to call for urgent comprehensive immigration reform to help thousands of undocumented families from Marin County to San Mateo County.
“We have a historic opportunity to fix the immigration system,” Cordileone said. “Our country has a right and a responsibility to protect its borders, and effective immigration laws are part of that enforcement.”
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