The Catholic Church in Mexico has come up with a
brand new definition of the word “terrorism.” It tells us that the rule of law in
America equals terror. Never-mind that it’s precisely the opposite of terror,
the Church doesn’t like American law so it’s “terrorism.”
In this case, the Archdiocese of Mexico is calling President
Donald Trump’s immigration measures "migrant terrorism" and
said Mexican officials’ reaction is lukewarm and submissive.
The truth of the matter, however, is that all President
Trump is doing is enforcing the federal immigration law that has been on the
books for decades. That is “not only the application of an inhuman legalism
but a true act of terror,” declares the Church.
“Our undocumented brothers are afraid,
their children suffer a real psychosis, while the Mexican authorities are not
able to act, they only make statements and promises; their reactions are
lukewarm, they also show fear, and worse, submission.., They are still waiting
for the U.S. president to come to his senses, when he has demonstrated, since
he was a candidate, that his method is precisely being unreasonable.”
The Mexican church actually believes that all
Mexicans have an unfettered right to cross the border into the U.S. illegally
and not be deported even if they commit felonies and other serious violent crimes
here. The Mexican government has an obligation to support those criminals in
what the Church calls “a humanitarian emergency.”
“We do not
see firmness in the defense of our sovereignty; we do not see dignity in
dealing with our northern neighbor; we do not see effective strategies to help
our compatriots; we do not see ability or intelligence in those responsible for
dealing with this humanitarian crisis,” says the Church.
Now, of course, if you or I crossed the border into
Mexico illegally, applied for welfare benefits there, and committed serious
crimes, our sorry asses would be thrown into a squalid Mexican prison and we
would consider ourselves to be mighty lucky indeed if we were eventually
deported back to the U.S. after a long sentence at hard labor.
You can bet that the Catholic Church and the Archdiocese
of Mexico wouldn’t give damn about us in that situation.
That’s because they
don’t believe that the rule of law in Mexico is “terror.”
Actually, rule of law in the US says that the federal government has no authority to regulate immigration (US Constitution, Article I, Section 9).
ReplyDeleteAnd even if that were not the case, there's no inherent incompatibility between rule of law and terror. The French, Soviet and Nazi terrors were all conducted with a great deal of attention to the laws enabling those terrors.