Christians are supposed to have discernment too and protect their flocks from harm. The invaders are preying on our compassion as a weakness to gain a strategical landhold to overtake us and subjugate our lands. I think God would think we are using poor judgment by letting those in who won’t work be fed or the above.
We are to have the Malice of Children(and plenty of nice POLITENESS minded Christians have that part down real well) but we are also to have the wisdom of serpents! The wisdom part is what many are afraid to use because to do so will lead them down paths and decision trees that will often bring them into confrontation with the politically correct folk who are suffused with the worldly wisdom of this age! We’ve become too lily livered and are cowards...even this writer, I ashamed to admit! Yet the dividing chasms are widening in this nation and it will soon become costly to declare one self Christian!
It is also a requirement of Catholics to obey the law, unless it is immoral, such as abortion, gay marriage, etc.
Illegal immigration would fall under this, so the illegals are breaking with the church, undoubtedly the Pope is aware of this. Once they are here, showing them mercy and charity is appropriate.
Just for information, while in Mexico, he also chastised the Mexican govt for their complicity in causing the problem, as well as drug cartels, rampant crime, and lack of jobs.
That said, the Pope obviously should hold his comments on economics, global warming, etc, that is not his area of expertise. The MSM is giddy when misquoting, or pulling a tiny part out of context.
This is his actual statement.
he Associated Press reports that Pope Francis said Donald Trump is “not Christian” if he wants to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border. Francis said: “A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian. This is not in the gospel. ... I say only that this man is not Christian if he has said things like that.”
The pope concluded his comments by saying, “We must see if he said things in that way, and in this I give the benefit of the doubt
That is quite a bit different than what the headlines said, “Pope says Trump is not Christian”. Does that look like what he said when you read it all?