Deporting people he lites human dignity, as well as identify migrants with criminals. Pope Francis writes it clearly, in a letter in ten points addressed “to the dear brothers in the episcopate” who are experiencing “delicate moments” because of the“Important crisis that is being occurred in the United States united following the beginning of the mass deportation program”.
In English and Spanish (not only because Francesco’s mother tongue, but also because the second most spoken in the USA and the first between migrants), the Pope reminds that “An authentic state of law occurs precisely in the dignified treatment that all men deserve, especially the poorest and most marginalized. The real common good is promoted when society and the government, with creativity and rigorous respect for everyone’s rights, as I said on numerous occasions, welcome, protect, promote and integrate the most fragile, defenseless and vulnerable “.
This does not mean that a state should not regulate immigration anything else. In doing so, however, he cannot trample the rights of the weakest. «The development of a policy that regulates an orderly and legal migration cannot take place through the privilege of some and the sacrifice of others. What is built on the basis of strength, and not on the truth and on the equal dignity of every human being, begins badly and will end badly ». Francesco recalls that “Refidently trained consciousness cannot fail to make a critical judgment and express its dissent towards each provision that tacitly or explicitly identify the illegal status of some migrants with crime. At the same time, We must recognize the right of a nation to defend themselves and keep the communities safe from those who have committed violent acts or serious crimes during their stay in the country or before arrival. Having said that, the act of deporting people who in many cases have left their land for reasons of extreme poverty, insecurity, exploitation, persecution or severe degradation of the environment, lites the dignity of many men and women, And of entire families, and puts them in a condition of particular vulnerability and lack of defense ».
The Pope urges “all Christian faithful and men of good will” to “look at the legitimacy of public rules and policies in light of the dignity of the person and his fundamental rights, and not vice versa“Because” only by affirming the infinite dignity of all, our own identity as people and as a community comes to maturity “.
Finally, without ever mentioning Trump, the Pope underlines that “worry about personal, community or national identity, outside of these considerations, easily introduces an ideological criterion that distorts social life and requires the will of the strongest as a criterion of truth». And, thanking the bishops of the United States for what they are doing to defend the dignity of migrants, urges “all the faithful of the Catholic Church, and all men and women of good will, not to give in to narratives who discriminate and cause useless suffering to our migrants and the brothers and sisters refugees. With charity and clarity we are all called to live in solidarity and fraternity, to build bridges that bring us closer to us more and more, to avoid ignominia walls And to learn to donate our life as Jesus Christ has given his for the salvation of all ».
