IMMIGRATION // President Trump endorsed a bill sponsored by Senators Tom Cotton, R-AR, and David Perdue, R-GA, that would reduce legal immigration levels by 50% over the next decade. The bill would also scale back so-called chain migrations, where immigrants bring relatives, who bring more relatives in return. Senator Cotton said: “The law of supply and demand applies to the labor market, just like it does every other market. There’s just simply no doubt that people who come here who are unskilled and low-skilled, have a direct impact on the wages of Americans.” http://cvote.it/2v0DcW1
IMMIGRATION // Bishop Joe Vasquez, head of the U.S. Bishops Committee on Migration expressed his “strong opposition” to the Cotton-Perdue bill, which he called “discriminatory” in a press statement. But Bishop Vasquez did not elaborate or explain how it was discriminatory. You can read his full statement here: http://cvote.it/2v1lt0w
IMMIGRATION // But the real fireworks were between White House spokesman Stephen Miller and CNN reporter Jim Acosta — who proceeded to interrupt Miller and lecture him on the poem associated with the Statue of Liberty. But Miller knew his facts well and got the better of Acosta. http://cvote.it/2v1tfrl
WHITE HOUSE // New White House Chief of Staff John Kelly assures Attorney General Jeff Sessions that his position is safe. http://cvote.it/2v0PhKJ
ABORTION // Liberal groups and the abortion industry are in an uproar over a decision by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee to lend support to candidates — even if they were pro-life. Now they have crafted a ‘statement of principles” on abortion. If you want to know how extreme these voices are, simply read this article: http://cvote.it/2v1r7ju
ABORTION // There’s no doubt where the Democratic candidate for governor in Virginia stands on abortion. Planned Parenthood’s Virginia affiliate plans to spend $3 million to elect Ralph Northam. During the primary, Northam held campaign events at abortion facilities throughout Virginia. Northam’s opponent in the general election is Ed Gillespie, a pro-life Catholic. http://cvote.it/2v1v9bi
CATHOLIC // Now the New York Times has got involved. The so-called Paper of Record has published a story on the dust-up caused by an article very critical of conservative Catholics in the United States. That article was significant, the Times noted, because it was written by two close associates of Pope Francis. http://cvote.it/2v0JYuV
CATHOLIC // Knights of Columbus pledge $2 million to save Iraqi Christian town decimated by ISIS. http://cvote.it/2v11Dmf
SAINT // Saint Peter Julian Eymard – http://cvote.it/dailysaint
DAILY MASS // “How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord, mighty God!” (Ps 84:2) – http://cvote.it/Daily-Readings
WITNESS // These two early Christian martyrs refused to make pottery for a pagan festival. http://cvote.it/2v1E7pk