Michael Cantrell – PJMedia.com
President Donald Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, a Catholic, fired off a scathing response to a recent letter from U.S. Catholic bishops after they put out a “special pastoral letter” that slammed the administration for its deportation policies and operations following their yearly fall meeting last week. More Catholics need to push back against the ridiculous and unhealthy political views liberal clergy keep pushing. Every nation has the right to protect itself and its borders, a principle that, until recent years, didn’t spark much controversy.
Popular Catholic personality Bishop Robert Barron has previously stated that Catholic social teaching supports a nation’s right to define and defend its borders, noting that good moral reasons justify such action. The United States doesn’t have endless resources. We don’t have enough money to support mass illegal immigration, nor do we have enough medical professionals or adequate housing for those who cross the border without legal permission.
A lot of the U.S. bishops simply don’t seem to grasp this. They condemn deportation operations even though they don’t carry the responsibility of financially supporting and caring for the same individuals they defend. Their stance dumps an unfair tax burden on those who work and contribute to society, taking what these families earn and making it harder for them to provide for themselves. That is immoral.
Homan, a Catholic, stood outside the White House on Friday and fired back at the bishops for their letter, saying, “A secure border saves lives. We’re going to enforce the law, and by doing that, we save a lot of lives.”
He delivered that statement in direct response to the bishops, who denounced what they called the Trump administration’s complicity in causing a “climate of fear and anxiety” in immigrant communities. If you’re here legally, you have nothing to fear. If you aren’t, then yes — you should feel concerned. You’re not supposed to be here, and crossing illegally shows you’re disregarding the rule of law in the very country you want to call home.