Abortion vs. Deportation

[Lea101]

Deportation can be a terrible thing that cause families grief, but apples and oranges. I was really confused when I read the title.

If you really want my opinion however…deportation itself might be looked down by the church, but the fact that you don’t see the popes constantly talking about it as opposed to abortion kind of answers your question.

Like we should try helping families that are helpless (well I don’t know how) and are at risk of their loved one being deported/struggling to get citizenship, but deportation is not the same as taking away a life.

I understand that this is about trump and clinton (if trump wins, will he even be able to stop abortion just like that) and I thank the lord every single day that I do not live in the US (however clinton will have a positive effect on my country). The fact that both are the 2 candidates makes USA look like a joke. Lol. But I digress

 

[Wildgraywolf]

Is the deportation of illegal immigrants ever equally immoral as abortion?

Abortion is inherently evil while deportation is a legal remedy, so I’d have to say: “No, deportation is not equally immoral as abortion.”

 

[Theo520]

What is remotely immoral about deporting illegal economic migrants?

• Our elected Govt is responsible to our legal citizens as a priority, not the citizens of other countries.
• While we should be a good neighbour to other countries, we are not responsible for the care of their citizens
• We are not responsible to enable them with economic success at the harm of our lower class citizens.

We can help other governments take care of their citizens, but we shouldn’t do it for them.

To add to this, the only valid comparison might be if you limit it to legitimate war/political refugees (not economic). The specific example being when the US turned away thousands of Jewish refugees on the St. Louis boat during WW2 era. Our actions were immoral, though not on par with abortion.

 

[Trader]

To add to this, the only valid comparison might be if you limit it to legitimate war/political refugees (not economic). The specific example being when the US turned away thousands of Jewish refugees on the St. Louis boat during WW2 era. Our actions were immoral, though not on par with abortion.

Part of the problem is that the same word is used for acts that vary greatly. Sending a dangerous criminal back to his country of origin is not remotely equal to Stalin deporting a large percentage of Ukrainians or Belarussians to Siberia or the 19th century US deportation of Eastern Native American tribes to Kansas and Oklahoma. Most people applauded the deportations of Nazi war criminals who came to the US with false identities, even if they had obtained US citizenship.