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James Lewis | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I am very sure the Catholic Church itself is not trafficking, but I would not be surprised to hear some crazy Susan from the Parish Council has been misappropriating parish funds to help smuggle humans. I can't speak for Protestant organizations, though.
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Habanero | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 No, the Catholic church is fundamental in the organization of migrants through Mexico and into the United States.  They provide material care, transportation, health care, housing, monetary aid, and legal services to the aliens that cross the US Border illegally.  If that doesn't constitute human trafficking, then nothing does.
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James Lewis | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 The Catholic Church itself is far to wide an organization, just from a mere organizational view, for the whole to be in on the deal. It has a sixth of the global population, or thereabouts in its membership. I am the first to say there's corruption needing to be carved out like cancer, and you might be able to point to dioceses, maybe bishop's conferences, to be in on it, but you can't say the whole of the global Church is.