Turning first to the responsibilities of immigrants, a principle almost completely ignored, if not implicitly contradicted by most official documents, policy statements, and lobbyist materials emanating from the American Catholic hierarchy and bureaucracy, the Catechism of the Catholic Church is abundantly clear:
“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.”
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