Posted on 01/30/2019 7:13:35 PM PST by Coleus
The ‘Ethics’ of Trump’s Border Wall
A wall would cause harm to immigrants and refugees, all of whom are equal to us in the eyes of God.
Is the border wall ethical? President Trump has suggested the wall is moral and those who oppose it immoral. His critics claim the opposite.
To answer this, we have to consider its effect on humans. What harm could a border wall cause to immigrants and refugees, all of whom are equal to us in the eyes of God?
Some people who cross the border are in desperate search of work to support their families. A wall would probably drive them into more remote areas of the desert or mountains, possibly to their deaths, as the forces driving them — violence, persecution and extreme poverty — are more life threatening than a risky border crossing. In fact, close to 8,000 migrants have died in Arizona and parts of Texas since the construction of the San Diego and El Paso sectors of the wall in the mid-1990s.
The latest arrivals at our border are primarily asylum seekers from the Northern Triangle of Central America, who, when they cross the border and ask for protection, are in compliance with both our domestic and our international laws — the Refugee Act of 1980 and the 1951 United Nations Refugee Convention and its 1967 protocols.
A wall would prevent asylum seekers from asking for protection at any point along our border — their right under the law — and would leave many of them at the mercy of drug cartels and other criminal groups in northern Mexico. More humane ways to achieve border security can be found to avoid these harmful consequences, through technology, additional legal avenues for entry and policies that address the factors pushing migration.
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follow the money, right into the church >>
from state Human Services departments to Catholic Charities, not to the diocese itself.
The church wants all these people to come with their diseases and rap sheets but has no infrastructure, will or money to support them. And our taxes and school taxes will continue to rise every year.
I wonder if he has a lock on the door to his residence? >>
locks and armed guards when mass is celebrated at the cathedral.
Hi, Coleus — long time, no see!
Mexico has the tender heart of Mary to help the widows and orphans.
I think it already is.
First time is a misdemeanor.
It got built because the people REPENTED and confessed their sins and were of a mind to WORK!
MormonISM does!
idnkt
No illegal entry is a misdemeanor, which is why the left pretends it is not illegal or a “real” crime. I think after the first offense it can be bumped up to a felony for repeat offenders.
Lies. Damn lies.
My prayer for the nation is that we would all see our sin as God sees it.
I’ve seen, on FR, where Mexico takes a HARSH view towards those who enter ILLEGALLY from the North.
Makes me wonder how those caravans EVER made it into Mexico from the South?
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