The Holy See and the Bishops Should Practice What they Preach on Immigration

A Modest Proposal on Immigration

By Fr. Tom Collins

A number of years ago, in a satirical effort to help the British government address the awkward "Irish Problem", Jonathan Swift wrote A Modest Proposal, in which he used a bit of hyperbole to point out how the British could more efficiently embrace an expediency devoid of integrity in dealing with the Irish. 

In a similar vein, it could be helpful to examine current Church disciplines in light of the advisability of the agenda consistently promoted by members of the Church's hierarchy concerning those who disregard and violate our nation's immigration laws.