For the prelate, it is clear that out of a country "come all kinds of people, but there is a factor at the origin which has to do with violence, poverty and the lack of opportunities, on the levels of education and jobs and also driven by threats from criminal gangs."
For the Church, he recalled, to assist migrants is to follow "the direct command of Jesus."
"Even today, in today's Mass, there are the Beatitudes. That's our creed, that's our doctrine, by which we govern our actions: feeding the hungry, giving drink to the thirsty, clothing the naked, sheltering the homeless, no matter if it's a migrant or a Mexican."
"It is a person suffering need, so we extend a hand," he said.
Bishop Miranda pointed out that the causes of migration and how governments address them "are not the Church's direct responsibility, that belongs to the governments, the international organizations."
"The Church, Christians, when we see a brother suffering, who's hurting, we can't be indifferent, we can't deprive him of his rights."
The bishop also emphasized that neither Mexico nor the United States are isolated from the migration problem, and he encouraged "a dialogue, negotiations, international agreements in which large scale solutions are sought."
If they are not resolved on a global level, he said, "we're just going to patch up the problems but not provide fundamental solutions."
As to what pertains to the Church, he added, "it will not cease to do its work on the individual level, the family level, on the level of persons. But politics, in the highest sense of the term, does not just look to the common good of the nation, but also the international, global common good."
"Sooner or later the repercussions will be global and sooner or later any country that closes itself up is going to suffer the inescapable consequences, because we are all connected," he concluded.