migration led by adults. We do have child smuggling which is a different issue.

Pope also is wrong on migration in general. He messed up modern migration with traditional migration. Yes, traditional migration is primarily due to war and natural disasters like famine. But they are no longer the primary case in modern migration. If they still happened that’s because of bad policy. For example Syria civil war and Libya civil war caused 4 millions migrants and refugees that’s because neocon helped create Syria civil war and Libya civil war with the goal “Assad has to go” and “Gaddafi has to go”.

Modern migration is primary economic migration, assisted by modern transport and technology which make migration easier. For example, majority of illegal immigrants crossing US-Mexico border have smart phones, which would be deemed as luxurious group of people 25 years ago.

Since it is economic migration, it has to subject to economic laws (demand and supply, merit based …). You even always said US economy needs migrants. But Pope didn’t talk about this primary reason at all. Humanitarian consideration is a secondary thing in modern migration. Also, since it’s family migration, it will bring a welfare issue to the hosting countries where welfare policy are primarily family based. If you claim our welfare is not good enough to our domestic citizens as you often does, how could our welfare handle welfare of large quantities of family migration? How could you agree with Pope? You can’t be right on both sides.