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You see how authoritarianism, when it begins to creep in, slowly impacts people. There's a great many people directly impacted by people who have crossed the border without using the right protocol.
A secure border is necessary, but shutting down asylum claims completely is not the right approach.
The Pope has spoken out against the inhumane treatment of immigrants in the United States, urging Catholics to show compassion.
There is a need to secure the U.S. border while maintaining a fair asylum process, which has been compromised under current policies.
It's absolutely insane to think about uprooting families who've been here for decades, who contribute to society, and just shipping them off to a country they barely know. That shows no heart.
Being against the death penalty in principle because you think it's cruel is calling God cruel.
I would much prefer to see us be compassionate to immigrants. I would much rather see us take a softer hand and a path to these folks who've been here for 20 or 30 years. I'd like to see a path to them to become citizens because I think this country was built by immigrants for immigrants.
The U.S. has been limping along with weak administrative policy and an inactive Congress that hasn't clearly stated its stance on immigrants in the 21st century. This lack of action has led to cruelty and inhumanity in immigration policy.
The income tax is actually immoral, and enforcing immigration law is not. Leaders are morally responsible to enforce immigration law.