A Catholic Lawyer Responds to the Bishops About Mass Immigration
Although even Pope Leo XIV acknowledges that mass immigration is a “huge problem,“ a recent “Pastoral Note to Migrants” issued by Michigan’s Catholic bishops is an embarrassing combination of fallacy, contradiction, doctrinal subversion, begged questions, conflict of interest, and hypocrisy.
To start, the letter from the bishops ignores the elephant in the room: the violation of immigration law is a crime. Since the bishops subsequently claim that “The Catholic Church affirms the rule of law….” they must prove that current immigration law is unjust if they seek to continue supporting mass immigration in violation of the law.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) 2241 lays out the proper disposition of immigrants to their new country and the right of a receiving country to determine the conditions for entry. Furthermore, the Catholic social teaching of Pope St. John Paul II urged the sincere participation of citizens in the cultural, economic, and social life of a civil community—not merely taking advantage of promises of free stuff (transportation, health care, food, services, housing) without contributing anything. To ignore this balance is an injustice to working Americans who themselves may be struggling.
When some newcomers seek to subvert the existing legal system by substituting Sharia or by illegally voting in a presidential election, how is it not reprehensible? Adding insult to injury, Catholic Charities supports “crucial care” funding that includes free chartered flights into the country for so-called asylum seekers—people who may never have thought to enter the United States without such services. Bishop Emeritus Joseph Strickland pointed out that 80 percent of immigrants would not qualify for asylum or refugee status. Even worse, Catholic Charities’ free legal advice includes instru
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