Michael Stafford on Immigration Crisis | National Catholic Reporter

Michael Stafford on Immigration Crisis | National Catholic Reporter by MSW.  MGB: These are the usual quotes, although whether Jacob and his family turned into Cecil B. De Mille's cast of thousands or a large extended family who went to Mt. Horeb to worhip is a matter for archeology and the archeology says the latter.  As for Jesus' journey - that may be one instance which was put in for the symbolism - the fact that there is no evidence of the martyrdom of the innocents is telling.  Still, the right wingers may be convinced by such rhetoric but are more likely to be moved by how bad their little outbursts polled.  These little domonstrations are not spontaneous and I would hope that their funders are not entirely tone deaf.  Now is not the time to politicize this issue - although doing so has drawn attention to the fact that many of these children are being railroaded out of the country - even if their family is here.