US EditionSan Diego Bishops Among National Catholic Body to Rebuke Trump Immigration Policies
Tom Homan, the border czar, said the bishops' statement encourages illegal border crossing and defended securing U.S. borders to prevent deaths linked to smuggling and fentanyl.
- On Friday, White House border adviser Tom Homan publicly rebuked the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops two days after their special statement at the USCCB plenary in Baltimore, saying they were `sending the wrong message` and urging them to focus on `fixing the Catholic Church`.
- During this week's USCCB gathering in Baltimore, the bishops' special message opposing `indiscriminate mass deportation` was approved by 216 votes, their first since 2013.
- A USCCB–World Relief report concluded 80% of those at risk are Christian, with Catholics as the largest group; Pew Research Center found 53 million Catholic adults include 29% immigrants and 18% vulnerable to deportation.
- Three San Diego bishops—Bishop Michael Pham, Auxiliary Bishops Felipe Pulido and Ramón Bejarano—joined a Thursday vigil at the Edward J. Schwartz federal building, where hundreds gathered and a woman shared her husband was detained last month.
- Bishops cited scripture and encyclicals to ground their appeal to human dignity, invoking Genesis 1:27 and magisterial texts like `Veritatis Splendor`, `Evangelium Vitae`, and `Lumen Gentium`.
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The border czar rebels against the Conference of Catholic Bishops and emphasizes to them that deportations of immigrants will increase
Border Czar Tom Homan Delivers a Perfect Response After Catholic Bishops Blast Trump Admin for Carrying Out Mass Deportations of Illegal Aliens
Border Czar Tom Homan is standing steadfast against any attempts to tear down the Administration’s efforts to deport dangerous illegal aliens, even if the attacks come from people who share his faith.
Trump ‘border czar’ calls US bishops ‘wrong’ after immigration statement
WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The White House “border czar” Tom Homan called the U.S. Catholic bishops “wrong” Nov. 14, two days after the body of bishops in the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops voted overwhelmingly to issue a rare group statement voicing “our concern here for immigrants” at their annual fall plenary assembly in Baltimore. The statement, which the conference approved Nov. 12, did not name President Donald Trump, but it came as a gr…
Washington, Nov 14 (EFE).- The U.S. Border Czar, Tom Hoffman, rejected Friday's criticisms by Catholic bishops of the country of immigration operations and asked them to use their time to “fix the church.” In a press conference outside the White House, Hoffman said that “crossing the border without permission” is a crime and added that “as a lifelong Catholic” he rejects the position of religious authorities because “they do not understand the c…
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