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01/15/2008: "Catholics play vital role in smuggling immigrants"

At a Catholic-run shelter just across the border from Laredo, Texas, dozens of Latin American migrants say grace and tuck into a hearty meal of sausages, beans and rice, before trying to swim across the Rio Grande into the United States.

Weary migrants on their journey north often recharge their batteries at a network of similar shelters run by the Roman Catholic Church -- a lifeline sanctioned by the Vatican, despite increased U.S. efforts to keep out illegal immigrants.

[ They like to make themselves feel powerful by helping anyone who's lower than they. Doesn't explain the young boy fixation. ]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080111/us_nm/mexico_usa_immigration_dc