The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) filed a SCOTUS amicus this week, asking the Court to find President Trump's order ending birthright citizenship "unconstitutional," calling the order "immoral" and urging the Justices to "protect the God-given human dignity" of the illegal immigrants who being their time in this country by breaking its immigration laws.
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops files a SCOTUS amicus against Trump's bid to end birthright citizenship
— Kelsey Reichmann (@KelseyReichmann) February 26, 2026
They call Trump's order "immoral" and urge the justices to "protect God-given human dignity" by finding it unconstitutional 👀 pic.twitter.com/Z1QF2CCIwX
This is all so tiresome. Catholic doctrine on immigration is clear, but here's what the Catechism says, for those of us who may have forgotten (emphasis added):
2241 The more prosperous nations are obliged, to the extent they are able, to welcome the foreigner in search of the security and the means of livelihood which he cannot find in his country of origin. Public authorities should see to it that the natural right is respected that places a guest under the protection of those who receive him.
Political authorities, for the sake of the common good for which they are responsible, may make the exercise of the right to immigrate subject to various juridical conditions, especially with regard to the immigrants’ duties toward their country of adoption. Immigrants are obliged to respect with gratitude the material and spiritual heritage of the country that receives them, to obey its laws and to assist in carrying civic burdens.
America, as a nation, is broke. Thanks to rampant fraud — much of it by illegal immigrants — and the massive welfare spending, we're trillions in debt. The extent to which we are able to care for our own needy citizens, let alone welcome anyone else, has long since been exceeded.
On top of that, we import millions of migrants, and then we say it's racist to expect them to learn English, follow our laws, respect our culture and our heritage, and blend into our society. How many times have we seen foreign flags flying at an anti-ICE protest? Far too many to count. Ilhan Omar and others have said their loyalties lie not with the country that made them prosperous, but with the nations they left behind.
The notion that birthright citizenship — i.e. I can go into a foreign land, give birth, and my child is automatically a full-fledged citizen of that country — is laughable. Were I to travel to Rome and deliver a baby in the Vatican, that baby would not be a citizen of Vatican City, of Rome, or of Italy. In fact, Vatican City has some of the toughest immigration laws on the planet, which they strictly enforce. Birthright citizenship applied to the children of slaves, not to the offspring of the woman who crossed our border two seconds ago.
More than that, when was the last time the USCCB spoke out this forcefully in defense of the innocent men, women, and children killed and harmed by illegal immigration? There are so many of them, we have a name for the group: Angel Families. I don't recall hearing the USCCB file an amicus urging the courts to keep these illegals behind bars, or to deport them, after they committed crimes against innocents.
Perhaps I'm getting more cynical in my 40s, but it sure seems like the loss of millions in federal dollars to "resettle" migrants has skewed the purpose and vision of the USCCB. Their allegiance should lie with our laws, which allow for the removal and deportation of illegal immigrants, as well as with the innocent Americans who are at risk from — and have been — harmed by illegal immigration. It's a matter of justice, after all, and the bishops are failing to meet the moment.
They should spend some time at the border, where the majority of women who try to cross are raped, or with the children who were trafficked into America. They should sit down with the mother of Laken Riley or Rachel Morin, and be forced to look these women in the eye and tell them the illegal immigrants who killed their daughters had a right to be here in the name of "dignity."
But they won't.
