Pharisaical Advocates of Open Borders Already Have Their Reward, by John Zmirak

By John Zmirak, The Stream, July 24, 2025

John Zmirak is a senior editor at The Stream and author or coauthor of 14 books, including The Politically Incorrect Guide to Immigration and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Catholicism. His newest book is No Second Amendment, No First.

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The story and its carefully staged photos are blasting everywhere in Catholic media: The Archbishop of Miami, Thomas Wenski, joined by two dozen bikers from the Knights of Columbus — a Catholic fraternal group committed to American patriotism to which I belong — gathered outside the Florida immigrant detention center nicknamed Alligator Alcatraz.

They gathered to pray the rosary. Nothing wrong with that. However, they’re also complaining that no chaplain services have been provided to detainees. And that’s a concern worth addressing.

I Almost Lost My Lunch

So why does my stomach turn when I read about this vigil? Several important reasons. First of all, the U.S. bishops have chosen to pretend that our church teaches de facto open borders — despite our Catechism, which clearly affirms governments’ right to control immigration and migrants’ duties to respect local cultures and obey national laws. …

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