Vance Says Catholicism Blesses His Border Crackdown. It Doesn’t.

It’s a claim as bold as it is baseless: Vice President JDj Vance says the Trump administration’s hardline immigration crackdown is actually in line with Catholic teaching.

In a New York Post interview aboard “Pod Force One,” Vice President Vance offered a two-part defense — one that hinges on a distortion of Church teaching and a dubious definition of “dignity.”

Speaking to columnist Miranda Devine, Vance suggested that Catholic leaders’ concern for migrants was a newer emphasis “especially under Pope Francis,” implying th…