If I were to sum up in one word what I experienced when I read the “Special Message” on immigration released on November 12, 2025, by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, it would be “abandoned.” I felt abandoned as an immigrant, a naturalized American, and a Catholic because that statement showed that the Catholic bishops of America cared more about illegal aliens and criminals than struggling legal immigrants, American citizens, the Catholics they are supposed to be shepherding, and the disorder and existential crisis from which our society is suffering. “As pastors, we the bishops of the United States are bound to our people by ties of communion and compassion in Our Lord Jesus Christ, the bishops said. “We are disturbed when we see among our people a climate of fear and anxiety around questions of profiling and immigration enforcement.” By disingenuously advocating for illegal aliens, whitewashing it under the label of immigration, the bishops have undermined …
It's easy to figure out why... LEGAL immigrants pay their own way and don't need NGOs (like the "catholic nu-church" operates as) to get govt. grants & funding to provide services for them.