$1 billion in fraud. A non-verbal child found at a mosque. Maine law enforcement told to “stand down” on Chinese organized crime. What is actually happening in the state of Maine — and what does the Bible say about it?
In this episode, Pastor Travis sits down with investigative journalist Jon Fetherston of The Maine Wire — the only Maine news outlet embedded with ICE during Operation Catch of the Day — to unpack the immigration story most of the press won’t touch.
Together, they distinguish what the Bible actually says about the foreigner, the sojourner, and the nation — drawing the critical line between an immigrant and an invader. They walk through The Maine Wire’s investigation into nearly $1 billion in MaineCare fraud, the mystery surrounding Lewiston’s Bartlett Street mosque, the political career of Iman Osman, the moment Maine’s mayor and a U.S. Senate candidate refused to comment on four shootings in a single day, and the Chinese triad marijuana operations quietly transforming rural Maine.
Jon Fetherston is an investigative journalist with The Maine Wire, a longtime public servant and former housing commissioner, and a regular contributor on Fox News. He has spent decades helping immigrant and refugee communities — making his perspective on this conversation uniquely earned.
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INVADERS !
No doubt about it .
“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.“ -Catechism of the Catholic Church 2241
The reader who posted from the extended catechism, I note that you omitted the first half, which I’ll paste below.
“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.” 2241.