The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is suing the Trump Administration to recover the funding it receives for refugee resettlement. The administration has promised to end spending on efforts “that facilitate unchecked migration.”
The bishops maintain that the large sums of taxpayers’ money they receive are legally justified by the Refugee Act of 1980. They further allege that their work is “an expression of charity taken in fulfillment of Christ’s commandment to serve those in need, regardless of their race, creed, or color.”
This latter claim raises the theological issue of whether Christ commands a kind of charity carried out with other people’s money. Furthermore, the subsidizing of religious activity with tax-paid funding violates the principle of the separation of church and state.
One would think that this would concern the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which zealously claims to uphold that principle. But as an organization dedicated to mass immigration, with no particular concern as to whether it is legal or illegal, the ACLU has nothing to say about this particular breach of church and state.
A number of religious “charities” receive federal funds for refugee resettlement. The cost to taxpayers doesn’t end there. The communities where the refugees settle typically have to pick up the tab for the social services they use.
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