asking for asylum. they re not trying to sneak into the country. they re trying to use our asylum system to stay here. so you ve witnessed, you ve personally witnessed mass migration all around the globe. what s the common denominator you ve seen, and how does that apply to what s going on on the texas/mexico border? when i was a foreign correspondent, i specialized in covering conflicts and humanitarian disasters, so i frequently went to borders of countries that were undergoing civil war or some sort of insurgency, and i witnessed hundreds of thousands of people fleeing for their lives. you can literally hear the gunfire and the artillery in the background as they re coming across the border seeking safety. and that s what the asylum laws were set up for, if is you were suffering persecution, if you were fleeing for your life, the international law and, frankly, every religion has a policy of
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and leaves us in a very difficult situation. bill: when you say they re coached on what to say, what does that mean? i think they are told what to say and how do you get asylum, what do you need to say. suffering persecution, whether it s true or not. they re being coached in mexico on what to say is what i ve been told. bill: i assume that s common, then? yeah. i think it is common and has happened in the past and it will happen this time and ultimately these people aren t telling us necessarily what they think they re being coached on what to say. final question. in the grand scheme of this issue, do you think this administration has been effective in the action or the voice that it s given to the immigration debate? i think they ve been the most effective administration that i ve ever seen. we have been frustrated with this issue for years in texas and spent our own resources and have to deal with the crime issues. this is the first time we ve had a decrease in immigrati
jesuits. admire that rigor. that s part of it. he is a very free man. the jesuits are very big on discernment. praying a lot and then acting. and he obviously does that. there is some criticism from some that he is political. let me take the issue of immigration for instance. does he raise immigration as quote a political issue or is it a morality issue? i mean, i m sort of struggling with myself as i decide is he political or deeply held moral issues from which you look at it that way? greta, i think it s a moral issue, which obviously has political implications. but, in the end, you know, read the gospel and it s feed the hungry and clothe the naked, right? essentially, it is the pope taking the gospel into action, people who are starving, people who are suffering persecution. giving them a hand. it has political implications. there is no doubt about it. but, essentially, it is a moral issue.