It be like that.

Taking off her clothes.

It is wholly possible to be a Christian nation and still maintain normal immigration procedures.

The point was to somewhat refute the point Cerebrophage is trying to make in turn. It's not un-Christian to look out for the well-being of your nation by regulating immigration to a degree. Such regulation has to be done with the understanding that we have a responsibility to help as many as we can, but if you try to help everyone then the likely result is that you'll help no one at all...it's the way of the world as it is, not how I'd like it to be.

Right, like how we had refugee caravans and turned them away or imprisoned them? Women and children were a large demographic of those groups. Instead we separated families. Yes, it may have been Obama's policies with the cages. But it wasn't to separate the families, that was trump's policy. Trump officials admitted that this tactic was used as a deterrent.

My take, as a Catholic, is that our immigration system is f****d up (has been for decades) and needs a SERIOUS overhaul. We need to make it easier to immigrate legally, while sealing out illegal immigrants so as to ensure we're not slapping those taking the legal route in the face, but ALSO properly manage asylum-seekers so we're not turning away anyone who truly needs immediate help.

I'm coming at this from the perspective of fair play; those who want to enter the country legally deserve to do so in a manner more efficient and easy than those who would try illegally. Asylum-seekers can be put in safe conditions and then onto a track to legally undergo the same process that other legal immigrants follow. This current situation where it's faster and cheaper, largely, to enter illegally than legally, is grossly unfair. I want to rectify that unfairness, not preclude anyone out of malice. Seeking a fair system and ensuring everyone plays by the rules is wholly Christian and realistically a goal we'll never achieve....bleh...

The thing that upsets me the most, is that people were being deported who had been waiting and waiting for their court appearance, but were deported anyway. Kids taken out of school, mothers/fathers taken from their workplace leaving the kids alone...

That kinda shit.
Let's not forget the whole racist trope "Go back to your country!" when they were born here in the first place.

I agree. It's just sad, because once they're in, what are you going to do? It's gotta be gut-wrenching to pull these people out and send them home.

Hence why I'd rather prevent it all in the first place and incentivise legal immigration. We're the richest country on the planet, it shouldn't cost people tens of thousands of dollars and years of time to legally immigrate. IMO, the only limit should be an application/naturalization process (ideally it would take about a year, ensure people have a basic grasp of either English or Spanish, know our basic laws and history, and can be helped along as they find their first job, etc) and that's it.

Maybe I'll run for Congress...lol

I wonder what complicates this.

Typically I blame money, human concupiscence (tendency to act selfishly), and ignorance whenever sound policy dies in political spheres.

Interesting take. Your meme fails as it makes the assumption I am religious. Can't spell assumption without "u" and "ass".

Anyway. You could try "Give me your tired, your weary, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shores." That entry is only printed on one of the most iconic American monuments.

Remember that time ICE arrested a Polish doctor who had lived in USA and practiced for 40 years even when he had a green card? Yeah, you wouldn't hear about that because it doesn't suit your narrative.