I've said nothing contrary to what Christ teaches.  In fact, what I've said was that there isn't really a tension between being a Catholic first and an American second, if you keep certain facts in focus: 1) These are God's children. They're entitled to love, compassion, and respect on that ground alone. 2) # 1 does not entitle them to be here legally. It's a matter of reality. We cannot absorb all the world's poor, and we have taken in so many poor from south of our border that it is going to crush our children and grand-children.  As Borjas said, we're hurting our own poor.  That's neither Christian nor American.  No country owes a Christian duty to impoverish itself or commit national suicide.  Your play at moral superiority is a ploy. Unimpressive. Would anyone call YOU holy? If so, re-examine the company you keep, especially your own, for it's plain you DO consider yourself "holy," and that you DO see the face of Jesus in the mirror. And you tell me so! What ghastly pride.