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There’s a vast difference in average Catholics and these bishops. The average Catholic believes in protecting your borders, does not believe in “global warming”, does not believe in making workers join unions, etc. The average bishop believes in just the opposite because the average bishop is nothing more than a democrat operative with a funny looking hat on. The average bishop is an embarrassment to Catholics that actually live the faith.

Interesting that this case is called "Janus". Many U.S. Bishops seem to be two-faced when it comes to how they interact with Catholics and when they interact with politics. Some, like Bishop Paprocki, are really wonderful men who have spines of steel.

Bishops should be focusing on Catholic teaching. The Church is quite clear on many subjects, including immigration in a way that is quite reasonable.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church, in paragraph 2241 spells out the Church's position on immigration. While it acknowledges that wealthy nations should help the less fortunate in the spirit of charity, it understands that there are reasonable limits to doing so and responsibilities for the immigrant to the host nation (my emphasis in bold):

2241 The more prosperous nations are obliged, to the extent they are able, to welcome the foreigner in search of the security and the means of livelihood which he cannot find in his country of origin. Public authorities should see to it that the natural right is respected that places a guest under the protection of those who receive him.

Political authorities, for the sake of the common good for which they are responsible, may make the exercise of the right to immigrate subject to various juridical conditions, especially with regard to the immigrants' duties toward their country of adoption. Immigrants are obliged to respect with gratitude the material and spiritual heritage of the country that receives them, to obey its laws and to assist in carrying civic burdens.

The statement is pretty clear. Countries have the right to take reasonable and prudent measures to control who enters the country, as resources permit and to preserve the spiritual heritage of the country.

Bishops should be focusing on that and not playing politics. Many government programs have created a situation of "strange bedfellows" where Churches are concerned, especially when money is dangled in front of Churches as an incentive to flood the USA with immigrants.