You state above, "The bishops wrote they are 'concerned about the conditions in detention centers and the lack of access to pastoral care,' and 'troubled by threats against the sanctity of houses of worship and the special nature of hospitals and schools.'"
Are these the statements that are "political"? Are they political in the same sense that the Church(es) pronouncements against abortion or divorce are political? Or are they out there witnessing, answering the question of "What would Jesus do?" in this scenario?
I'm curious why you imply that it's not their Christianity that has preachers out there protesting (and getting shot with pepperballs and manhandled by goons) and agitating for access to the imprisoned, and bishops standing up to say that all of this is contrary to their Scriptures, but instead because the funds cut by Elon's DOGE?
"The Trump administration is not completely indiscriminate in its actions. ICE is targeting illegal immigrants, and of that group, mostly those who were subject to detainers or other deportation orders in the past."
This is flat-out incorrect.
ICE wasn't going after immigrants (or people that look like immigrants) in the parking lots of Home Depot because they had paperwork indicating a specific individual would be there. ICE's modus operandi was to round everyone up that *looked* like they might be deportable, and to sort it out afterwards at their processing facility (i.e. find an excuse for the detention). ICE wasn't chasing down contractors working on suburban houses because they had actionable intelligence. ICE (and their pals in the Border Patrol) were casting wide *indiscriminate* dragnets to try and catch as many people as they could to meet their Stephen Miller quotas.
The Catholic statement isn't one that is playing politics over a difference in policy, but a concrete reaction - likely encouraged by their congregations - to concrete the harms and evils being carried out in the real world right now. Greg Bovino has taken his circus to Charlotte - take a road trip one of these days and embed yourself with one of the faith-based communities to see how this plays out for yourself, instead of listening to the liars and shitposters running Homeland Security's communications.
The Executive Branch is duty bound to enforce the law. LEOs often have only one reason to justify detention. That's all they need. When the law is dealing with 20 million illegals, they can't just ignore one law to dig deeper prior to detention. There is a good chance that lawbreakers are guilty of other crimes.
I'm a bit confused with this one.
You state above, "The bishops wrote they are 'concerned about the conditions in detention centers and the lack of access to pastoral care,' and 'troubled by threats against the sanctity of houses of worship and the special nature of hospitals and schools.'"
Are these the statements that are "political"? Are they political in the same sense that the Church(es) pronouncements against abortion or divorce are political? Or are they out there witnessing, answering the question of "What would Jesus do?" in this scenario?
I'm curious why you imply that it's not their Christianity that has preachers out there protesting (and getting shot with pepperballs and manhandled by goons) and agitating for access to the imprisoned, and bishops standing up to say that all of this is contrary to their Scriptures, but instead because the funds cut by Elon's DOGE?
"The Trump administration is not completely indiscriminate in its actions. ICE is targeting illegal immigrants, and of that group, mostly those who were subject to detainers or other deportation orders in the past."
This is flat-out incorrect.
ICE wasn't going after immigrants (or people that look like immigrants) in the parking lots of Home Depot because they had paperwork indicating a specific individual would be there. ICE's modus operandi was to round everyone up that *looked* like they might be deportable, and to sort it out afterwards at their processing facility (i.e. find an excuse for the detention). ICE wasn't chasing down contractors working on suburban houses because they had actionable intelligence. ICE (and their pals in the Border Patrol) were casting wide *indiscriminate* dragnets to try and catch as many people as they could to meet their Stephen Miller quotas.
The Catholic statement isn't one that is playing politics over a difference in policy, but a concrete reaction - likely encouraged by their congregations - to concrete the harms and evils being carried out in the real world right now. Greg Bovino has taken his circus to Charlotte - take a road trip one of these days and embed yourself with one of the faith-based communities to see how this plays out for yourself, instead of listening to the liars and shitposters running Homeland Security's communications.
Also note that the indiscriminate detentions have a name: Kavanaugh Stops.
https://www.lawdork.com/p/the-kavanaugh-stop-50-days-later
The Executive Branch is duty bound to enforce the law. LEOs often have only one reason to justify detention. That's all they need. When the law is dealing with 20 million illegals, they can't just ignore one law to dig deeper prior to detention. There is a good chance that lawbreakers are guilty of other crimes.