Those navel gazing buffoons at the USCCB need to brush up on the Catechism. It's prudential statements like these that cause most of the laity to ignore those clowns.
2241 The more prosperous nations are obliged, to the extent they are able, to welcome the foreigner in search of the security and the means of livelihood which he cannot find in his country of origin. Public authorities should see to it that the natural right is respected that places a guest under the protection of those who receive him.
Political authorities, for the sake of the common good for which they are responsible, may make the exercise of the right to immigrate subject to various juridical conditions, especially with regard to the immigrants' duties toward their country of adoption. Immigrants are obliged to respect with gratitude the material and spiritual heritage of the country that receives them, to obey its laws and to assist in carrying civic burdens.
I thank you very much for posting the catetechical position of the Roman Church; I put it up on Yahoo News web site where this article appears.
Even as an Excommunicant (consciously and voluntarily), I'm always -- very unpleasantly -- surprised how frequently the ravings of the USCCB (Bishops and subcomittees putatively speaking on its behalf) are taken as an opportunity for anticatholic bigotry on FR. The USCCB doesn't refect the political philosophy of observant Catholics. Had the country at large voted the way devout Catholics did in 2008, we would not now have the president we have.
FReepers should know their FRiends. Thanks again.