President Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan fired back at the pope after the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State criticized U.S. policies against illegal immigration.
Pope Francis had criticized the more aggressive policies of the Trump administration on deporting illegal aliens and on restricting the number of refugees receiving asylum in the U.S. Vice president JD Vance entered into the debate by citing a Catholic theological principle.
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Homan was asked on Tuesday to respond to the pope.
“I’ve got harsh words for the pope. Pope ought to fix the Catholic Church. I’m saying this as a lifelong Catholic, I was baptized Catholic, I was a first Communion Catholic, confirmation Catholic,” said Homan.
“You ought to fix the Catholic Church and concentrate on his work and leave border enforcement to us,” he continued. “He wants to attack us from securing our border? He’s got a wall around the Vatican, does he not? So he has a wall to protect his people and himself, but we can’t have a wall around the United States? So I wish he’d stick to the Catholic Church and fix that and leave border enforcement to us.”
Homan has enthusiastically defended Trump on his stated mission to implement mass deportations after years of historic levels of illegal immigration under the Biden administration. Some critics have demanded that the administration follow constitutional and humanitarian standards during enforcement efforts, while fringe activists have called for the end of all deportations.
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“I exhort all the faithful of the Catholic Church, and all men and women of good will, not to give in to narratives that discriminate against and cause unnecessary suffering to our migrant and refugee brothers and sisters,” he added. “With charity and clarity we are all called to live in solidarity and fraternity, to build bridges that bring us ever closer together, to avoid walls of ignominy and to learn to give our lives as Jesus Christ gave his for the salvation of all.”
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