You have a very clear and good exposition of the Catholic teaching. Thank you. Two additional considerations. First, the discourse so far universally presupposes that the immigrant benefits from presence in the United States. Immigration harms the society from which the immigrant comes - brain drain, economic weakening, etc. I wonder if the whole debate has conflated the eternal with the temporal Good. The temporal good of migration must widen its scope for the full account of immigration. This is complex but must be assessed in the temporal good. Second, Catholics are called to the corporal works of mercy for whoever they encounter locally. Feeding one's children is a work of mercy; so is feeding the hungry at a soup kitchen. No one checks for nationality at either. This opens one to sanctifying grace in a way that the economic calculations for both sending and receiving immigrants and the economic good of both nations does.The two types of activity are not wholly distinct but differ in their ends.
You have a very clear and good exposition of the Catholic teaching. Thank you. Two additional considerations. First, the discourse so far universally presupposes that the immigrant benefits from presence in the United States. Immigration harms the society from which the immigrant comes - brain drain, economic weakening, etc. I wonder if the whole debate has conflated the eternal with the temporal Good. The temporal good of migration must widen its scope for the full account of immigration. This is complex but must be assessed in the temporal good. Second, Catholics are called to the corporal works of mercy for whoever they encounter locally. Feeding one's children is a work of mercy; so is feeding the hungry at a soup kitchen. No one checks for nationality at either. This opens one to sanctifying grace in a way that the economic calculations for both sending and receiving immigrants and the economic good of both nations does.The two types of activity are not wholly distinct but differ in their ends.