If we live in a lawless country, why are still obeying the law? We are the suckers.
Because mostly, laws help us. They enable us to live together peacefully. I couldn't live where I do and hold down a job if I had to guard the place against looters all day, for example. That's why we would rather have immigration law enforced than go the other way and have anarchy, even though conservatives would most likely come out on top in any anarchic scenario.
This Chatholic Charities position on illegal aliens:
“The Church further teaches that government exists, “not to confine its people within the boundaries of their nation, but to protect, above all else, the common good of the entire human family” (Pope John XXIII, 1963). The Church recognizes a nation’s right to control its borders to further the common good. Yet, the common good is not served when policies and laws violate rights of the individual.”
Can anybody explain this, the Country has the right to control its borders but it really doesn’t have the right to do?’
Why hasn’t Catholic Charities discussed the issue with Fidel Castro or Hugo Chavez?