In response to Archbishop Gomez’s column on immigration in the Nov. 28 issue: I believe we should be asking those cheating the system to come forward so that those scary raids by federal law enforcement become unnecessary. Justice demands that people follow just laws. Our elected representatives made those laws, so how can they be unjust? Enforcing the law is not unjust. Is avoiding law enforcement justified by Catholic doctrine?

Let’s challenge the lawbreakers to do the right thing. Then we can act to help people who come forward to resolve their situations or to return legally. If a huge number of otherwise law-abiding people come forward and ask forgiveness of the federal government, would that not prompt a positive response? 

— Benedict Lucchese, Camarillo