“I think that the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops needs to actually look in the mirror a little bit and recognize that when they receive over $100 million to help resettle illegal immigrants, are they worried about humanitarian concerns?” he told “Meet the Press,” mischaracterizing refugees’ presence in the U.S. as illegal. “Or are they actually worried about their bottom line?”
Faith-based groups that resettle refugees —who are legal immigrants —have faced similar criticism.
Dawood said that Christian critics of the refugee program might want to go back to the Bible to read its passages about welcoming refugees, and, citing his hero, Ronald Reagan, said, “America is the city on a hill, and America is to be honored and blessed by accepting those refugees.”
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