"Catholic Diocese of Grand Rapids to help undocumented residents in federal program"

This is the title of an article appearing on Mlive August 6, 2012.  The Catholic Diocese of Grand Rapids, MI, is going to assist the federal government in helping the children of illegals (and, by extension, their families) remain in Michigan under the backdoor amnesty program single-handedly initiated by Pres. Obama.  The Diocese estimates that 7,500 young people (not counting their associated family members) will be eligible for the program in Michigan.

This is interesting.  On one hand, the Catholic Church will fight the federal government with regard to mandatory insurance coverage for birth control (which I also oppose) on the grounds that it is immoral, but on the other hand it will join forces with the federal government to help illegals bypass a legal process for which thousands of other law-abiding, would-be immigrants wait in line for years - which is also immoral. So does the Catholic Church stand for morality on principal, or only when it suits them?

I understand that many of these young people had no say in the decision to come to America illegally. That is the problem with such choices - they affect more than the decision maker/law breaker.

Thousands of American children end up in single family homes, living with relatives, or in foster care every year because of the decisions made by their parents to engage in criminal activities, yet I see no one arguing that these children should be given free education through college, preferential status in employment, or that the need to keep families together should mitigate the legal consequences of their parents' criminal activities. The same government that says that Social Security is going bust, that can't find the money to keep the promises it made to generations of American workers who faithfully paid into the program (which, incidentally, is why Social Security is NOT an entitlement), is bending over backwards to provide the billions necessary to make such provisions for illegals.

I sympathize with these young people, but I stand opposed to any more amnesties.