Where is the Catholic outrage over recent American immigration policies?

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Don’t fall for it. This is a photo taken out of context of a bad parent who put their child into a risky and illegal situation, while disregarding the many LEGAL options available to them. Shame on these parents!!!
 
If ever you have time,I can tell you our story in Dublin. I made the mistake of entering before my husband. And to make it worse,( breathe…) I never remember the " titles" of the position he or anyone has…and be grateful I remember where he works. What a moment!! They wondered if I was running away from him with the kids. OMG.
Home sweet home…we could return to US safe and sound.
I love Homeland Security ,Pup. Even if they are too tough sometimes,we had nothing to hide.
 
Sarcelle said:
As a legal immigrant myself who has fled Islamic terrorism in my homeland, I agree with you.
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God bless you. I’m glad you’re here.

I did my time in that part of the world (though I know what I saw and did was a far cry from your experience!). I’m glad you’re not there anymore.
 
Don’t fall for what?

Confused.

I’m really scared to look at your profile info, because I don’t want to see “Catholic” under your religion, for fear of being scandalized.
 
83% of the children currently being held arrived without a parent. What would you have us do with them?
 
A family member tried committing immigration fraud by using a forged passport.

We had the INS surrounding the house at 2 AM.

Not a good experience.
 
Cruciferi said:
Quoting Scripture to subtly disparage others is hardly ingenious. Go write down the BIG SOLUTIONS that will help these refugees in their native countries. What should the UN do to stop the cartels? Start with that.

Go on now 👉
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I’m sorry if I’ve offended you or anyone else, it does no good to cause offense and so I apologize if it did. Its no excuse but it’s sad for me to see responses in a Catholic forum that sound so far from what I would expect to hear from a Christian.

I’m not going to figure out the big solutions that you’re searching for because they have already been provided by our Church. I am happy to follow the Church and her Bishops because I have faith that God is with them.
 
Monica83 said:
Wow thats awful. I didn’t know this.
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You missed that story? A lot of unaccompanied minors were making the trip from Central America to the US border a couple of years ago even- President Obama was still in office.

And a lot of these children are teenagers, 16 and 17 years old, and full fledged gang members. Some are even older, without proper ID can you tell a 19 year old from a 17 year old?
 
blanchardman said:
83% of the children currently being held arrived without a parent. What would you have us do with them?
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This is why people lose their patience with the whole thing.

We were put in the position of having to deal with them. Why is that our problem? (I mean, it is, because they’re here, and that’s not meant to sound cruel. It’s a rhetorical question in reality.)

I’m not necessarily in full support of this administration, but it’s that sort of thing that makes the President (and many in Congress) say at this point we shouldn’t be paying to lock up our borders because we actually didn’t create the problem.

Especially since - from my understanding - most of these people aren’t from Mexico. They’re from farther south. So they got through Mexico unchallenged. And now they’re here, and are our issue.

Oh let the US deal with that - they have plenty of money.

This is where the apathy starts.
 
catholic1seeks said:
But as a Catholic, I’m with the bishops who say that separating immigrant children from parents, or treating immigrants as less than human in general, is wrong.

We must be outraged at this. We must move forward.
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There are large numbers who are unrelated.

50,000 per month are being arrested.
 
What do you expect from us?

We are discussing impartially the cause and effects of this subject matter on hand. We do have compassion but we realize that is just the start. The next would be a good hard look at what can be done to alleviate the situation and what could have caused it and what could be done.
 
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Pup7 said:
I actually do feel horrible for these people. I’m not making that clear, but I actually do.

But we have laws for a reason. Why is it so wrong to say “we have our own problems - I’m sorry, but we can’t help you until we help ourselves”.

Kids in the US should not be hungry. Baltimore city schools shouldn’t have been without heat last winter. That’s twisted on so many levels. We can’t funnel a bunch of aid in good conscience if we have schools in major cities that don’t even have heat.

Or at least we shouldn’t.
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Congress wrote the law … 1995? But Congress refuses to change the law.
 
Which law?

Immigration laws weren’t written in 1995. They’ve been around for decades. That’s what I’m referencing. Immigration laws as a whole.
 
As an ex-Methodist I can’t say I’ve seen the UMC coming up with solutions either.

Glass houses and all that.
 
HarryStotle said:
Permitting it to continue to be accessible to migration creates a vast opportunity for human traffickers to exploit the vulnerable women, children and youth from Latin America.
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That is the most difficult part. And I agree.
Bear in mind that many people who flee live next door to this sort of characters.
They " haven t heard,nor seen nor know anything",so as to survive…
Among many there are some who make life impossible for quiet,innocent people where they live…
This struggle to include ,to crack into corruption,to help out those persons who are.most vulnerable is a task wherever we are. With our own people. And very close by sometimes.

I myself lived close to a three frontier border many years ago. I know how particular that is…
 
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