By Jason Jones, Crisis Magazine, April 2, 2024
Jason Jones is a film producer, author, activist, popular podcast host, and human rights worker. He is president of the Human-Rights Education and Relief Organization (H.E.R.O.), known for its two main programs, the Vulnerable People Project and Movie to Movement. He was the first recipient of the East Turkistan Order of Friend- ship Medal for his advocacy of the Uyghur people. ….
Most major Catholic commentators on the border crisis have for decades played the part of Judas, offering impersonal and meaningless kisses to the image of God imprinted on every raped, massacred, and ignored victim of our unsecured border.
There’s a new ad airing in several swing states ahead of November, and it has the kind of transcendent power that can shape not only elections but the character of whole nations.
The video’s title is “Protect the Vulnerable,” and it’s produced by leading Catholic advocacy group CatholicVote.
I won’t spoil the video by dissecting and summarizing it in print. Instead, I ask that you please stop and watch it now—it’s only half a minute long.
To fully appreciate how important a video like CatholicVote’s is, remember that conservatives addressing border security with this kind of heart and empathy for the vulnerable would have been unthinkable just a few years ago. ….