The point of the Catholic church is not open border. It is only to do not deport illegal immigrant that are already settled.
It is a specificity of USA. In Europe all illegal immigrants are deported as soon as they are found. But USA has a long tradition of tolerance explaining why lots of illegal immigrants have settled with their family.
USA can of course stop the tolerance but the church asks : is it moral to deport a whole family already settled ?
As a tradcat, I'm convinced that one of the biggest obstacles to the revitalization of the West are the leaders in charge of the institutional Church. Reform and accountability are badly needed.
1. "The USCCB has received millions in federal funding to resettlement of illegal aliens."
This is simply not true. The USCCB and other resettlement agencies receive money to resettle refugees, which is a specific legal category of migrant. Individuals who are identified and qualified as refugees are vetted by the United States and brought into the country legally by the US government. They receive green cards (and legal permanent resident status) and qualify for citizenship under the regular rules. Nobody resettles illegal aliens. That is just incoherent.
2. "Look no further than the recent lawsuit filed by USCCB over the Trump Administration’s halting of funding for refugee resettlement. By supporting open borders, without question, it is bad."
The first and sentence don't even align logically. Refugee resettlement is based on a 1980 law that set up the legal framework for the resettlement of refugees. You might not like the program and want it eliminated, but the admission of refugees through the resettlement program is no more an open borders program thenn is the processing of immigrants admitted into the country who have been given a green card because of family reunification or some worker visa. Consequently, it has nothing to do with open borders.
Further, it is my understanding that one of the primary impetuses for the lawsuit is because the USCCB (and other resettlement agencies more broadly) are seeking reimbursements due to them for work already done under the contract created between the USCCB and the federal government. Unless you are going to argue that it is ok for someone not to pay another party to whom they are obligated to pay a contracted rate because, well, they don't want to. I will give you the benefit of the doubt that you do not think overt breaches of contract are just. But correct me if I am wrong.
3. As for whether what a Church does should be determined by whether it is good for the nation, that just turns things on its head. That is a much longer argument to make, but not a difficult one from the perspective of the Church.
I’m not sure 1 is true. I’ve talked to folks who work for the Church in Texas and they have seen thousands of unverified and illegal migrants processed by the Church
That is not refugee resettlement. Refugee resettlement is a process of moving refugees from a country where they have sought protection (after fleeing their homeland due to persecution related to several defined areas) to a third country that will grant them permanent residence. When you write about the border you are typically talking about people who come across the border economic reasons or to apply for asylum, etc. That is a different process. It is not refugee resettlement.
The point of the Catholic church is not open border. It is only to do not deport illegal immigrant that are already settled.
It is a specificity of USA. In Europe all illegal immigrants are deported as soon as they are found. But USA has a long tradition of tolerance explaining why lots of illegal immigrants have settled with their family.
USA can of course stop the tolerance but the church asks : is it moral to deport a whole family already settled ?
As a tradcat, I'm convinced that one of the biggest obstacles to the revitalization of the West are the leaders in charge of the institutional Church. Reform and accountability are badly needed.
It is worth clarifying some things:
1. "The USCCB has received millions in federal funding to resettlement of illegal aliens."
This is simply not true. The USCCB and other resettlement agencies receive money to resettle refugees, which is a specific legal category of migrant. Individuals who are identified and qualified as refugees are vetted by the United States and brought into the country legally by the US government. They receive green cards (and legal permanent resident status) and qualify for citizenship under the regular rules. Nobody resettles illegal aliens. That is just incoherent.
2. "Look no further than the recent lawsuit filed by USCCB over the Trump Administration’s halting of funding for refugee resettlement. By supporting open borders, without question, it is bad."
The first and sentence don't even align logically. Refugee resettlement is based on a 1980 law that set up the legal framework for the resettlement of refugees. You might not like the program and want it eliminated, but the admission of refugees through the resettlement program is no more an open borders program thenn is the processing of immigrants admitted into the country who have been given a green card because of family reunification or some worker visa. Consequently, it has nothing to do with open borders.
Further, it is my understanding that one of the primary impetuses for the lawsuit is because the USCCB (and other resettlement agencies more broadly) are seeking reimbursements due to them for work already done under the contract created between the USCCB and the federal government. Unless you are going to argue that it is ok for someone not to pay another party to whom they are obligated to pay a contracted rate because, well, they don't want to. I will give you the benefit of the doubt that you do not think overt breaches of contract are just. But correct me if I am wrong.
3. As for whether what a Church does should be determined by whether it is good for the nation, that just turns things on its head. That is a much longer argument to make, but not a difficult one from the perspective of the Church.
I’m not sure 1 is true. I’ve talked to folks who work for the Church in Texas and they have seen thousands of unverified and illegal migrants processed by the Church
That is not refugee resettlement. Refugee resettlement is a process of moving refugees from a country where they have sought protection (after fleeing their homeland due to persecution related to several defined areas) to a third country that will grant them permanent residence. When you write about the border you are typically talking about people who come across the border economic reasons or to apply for asylum, etc. That is a different process. It is not refugee resettlement.