By Sean Fitzpatrick, Crisis Magazine, Nov. 21, 2024
Sean Fitzpatrick is a senior contributor to Crisis and serves on the faculty of Gregory the Great Academy, a Catholic boarding school for boys in Pennsylvania.
The law of God commands us to perform corporal works of mercy but also to obey the just laws of our land. And there is nothing unjust in having laws that govern the process of immigration—and Catholics should stand by those laws with confidence.
Many Catholics viewed Donald Trump’s campaign promise to deport millions of illegal immigrants with the same seriousness they have for Republicans stumping about abortion: big talk, little delivery. But something serious is in the air.
President-elect Donald Trump has selected Stephen Miller as his Deputy Chief of Staff, a known immigration stickler; and he has nominated former ICE Director Tom Homan, another hardliner, as his “border czar.” Rumor has it Trump will proclaim a national state of emergency to deploy the military, secure the southern border, and actually begin deporting the over 11 million undocumented migrants that live in this country. ….