Catholic Church in aiding immigrants
The catholic churches providing homage and sanctuary to illegal immigrants is a noble thing as some of these people are fleeing from areas with violence. They are simply seeking refuge in safe places. However, in 2016 the international for migration report found that 91 percent of migrants who have been allowed to enter the country, had been moved in for economic purposes as some were seeking employment, housing, and income boosts. Only 0.3% of the migrants had been reported to flee their country due to violence. When even asked the migrants refute that they are fleeing from violence as the Catholics proving sanctuary to them claim.
Questions are being raised on the issue as it’s becoming apparent that it is about the money. In 2018, both legal and illegal immigrants registered almost $20 billion in remittances to their nations. This tidy volume of which later would be returned to the catholic churches inform of offerings and tithes. In addition, the money that should be used to develop the US is being taken out to the immigrant nations. They are also increasing their population in the US fighting for scarce resources. For instance, the transfer of funds back to El Salvador currently contributes to 20% of their GDP; 11% to Guatemala; 18.8% to Honduras In the meantime, the proportion of Guatemala ‘s citizens still residing in the U.S. is almost 7%, and today El Salvador has 22%, while Honduras has 9.2% of the citizens already taken.
In conclusion, these people are not fleeing from violence and seeking refuge here, they are just low-income workers and future ethnic bloc voters that are being exploited by huge business, the Catholic Church, and the Democratic Party. The Catholic Church is aiding illegal immigrants and a proper structure should be put in place to ensure that immigrants enter the country properly.