"It certainly would lead to the rise in fear and distrust in immigrant communities," Wester, who chairs the USCCB migration committee, said.
In other words he is speaking for himself, as head of the migration committee, not for the bishops.
In the second place, this is not a matter of faith and morals, but of prudential judgment. And, frankly, he's got it wrong.
I, too, am a Catholic. But I don't let this kind of stuff bother me or, God forbid, drive me away from God. This turkey was probably made chair of the migration committee for a good (meaning bad) reason--because it's his academic specialty, or because he's a flaming PC race monger, or the like.
Yes, you have to feel sorry for the poor and afflicted of the world. But that doesn't mean they have a right to break the law. There's plenty of wealth and resources right down in Mexico, if they just get their act together. Meantime, it's not helping anyone to put them on welfare, break all the laws, and bankrupt America.
As a fellow Catholic......Ditto......well said.
The problem is that this is liberal Democrat party politics and Catholics vote accordingly, if we can ever get the Catholics to stop supporting these liberal policies then conservatives win.
It may not bother you, but it bothers those of us that don't like living under liberal Democrat government.
I am not glad that Obama is President.