Originally published at National Catholic Register
Editor’s Note: Bishop Evelio Menjivar, auxiliary bishop of Washington, D.C., and the first Salvadoran bishop in the country, joined Montse Alvarado, president and COO of EWTN News, on the set of EWTN News In Depth for an interview that aired March 14, 2025, on EWTN. Discussing his own experience migrating to the United States in 1990 (he became a citizen in 2006) and the political climate at this moment, please find the transcript below.
Your Excellency, thank you so much for this moment to reflect both on your personal story, but also on this political moment that we are living as a Church in the United States. Knowing your story, the three times that you attempted to cross the border, that final crossing and arrival with your sister in Los Angeles, and your personal desire to become a priest, how does that journey affect how you see the dialogue or difficult crisis that we’re seeing today with immigrants and migrants?
Well, first of all, I don’t feel proud that I crossed the border without documents. But it is a testimony that many people cross the border with good intentions. And I will say that that is very important because,
