00:00The Vatican, especially under Pope Francis, had a particular line on immigration.
00:04And if I was, you know, I try to interpret this stuff charitably because, you know, partially because I'm a new Catholic, but partially just because I try to sort of stay in my lane.
00:13I'm the vice president of the United States and, you know, the Pope is the Pope.
00:17What I try to interpret charitably is I think the Catholic Church recognizes we have to have border control.
00:25We have to have the ability to control the borders of our own country.
00:28That's very clearly written in Catholic teaching is that nations are allowed sovereignty.
00:33They're allowed to control their own borders.
00:35However, it's always useful to remind ourselves that a lot of the people who have come into our country, they're struggling in some way.
00:43They're human beings.
00:44And even though we have to engage in immigration enforcement, I try to remind myself consistent with church teaching that, yes, doesn't mean we can let these people stay in our country.
00:54But I do have a responsibility to try to remember their humanity.
00:58And that's sort of my charitable interpretation is, yes, you can have your border policy.
01:02Yes, you can enforce your borders.
01:04You also have to try to remind that all 8 billion people who are alive on this planet are God's creatures.
01:11We have to owe them a certain respect and a certain dignity.
01:14It doesn't mean we should let them illegally immigrate into our country.
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