El Paso bishop calls Texas AG Paxton a hypocrite for his stance on Dreamers
AUSTIN — El Paso's Catholic bishop called Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton a modern-day Pharisee after Paxton threatened the federal government with a lawsuit if it didn't phase out a program that gives temporary work permits to people who entered the country illegally as children.
Bishop Mark J. Seitz of the Roman Catholic Diocese of El Paso wrote a column in response to Paxton's request, in which he criticized Paxton for failing to imitate "God's compassion toward those forced by life's circumstances to carry heavy loads."
"When I read that he and the other attorneys general had come out with that statement, it really made me angry," Seitz said in an interview. "It's kind of the same feeling that you get when you hear that some big bully on the playground is picking on the little kids."
He said that Paxton is painting with a broad brush, applying the law to "every jot and tittle," without taking into consideration the impact it will have on the people who rely on these permits.
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