The Supreme Pontiff addressed the subject during an interview granted yesterday to Fabio Fazio, host of the program Che tempo che fa (How’s the weather?), of the Italian television channel Nove (Nine), and pointed out that this plan of the new American president “is not fair,” because ‘this is not the way to solve things’.
In his statements to that television news program, in response to a question by Fazio about Trump’s intention to attack irregular immigrants, Francis pointed out that “this, if it is true, is a shame because it makes the poor wretches who have nothing pay the price for the imbalance.”
Last Friday Thomas Homan, appointed to head immigration and border security policies in the new U.S. Government, confirmed that operations to detain and expel undocumented immigrants from the country will begin immediately after Trump’s inauguration.
Mid-2024, the Holy Father warned that “there are those who work systematically and with all means to reject migrants” and asserted that “this, when done with conscience and responsibility, is a grave sin.”
During a general audience granted on Wednesday, August 28, 2024, the Bishop of Rome reiterated the need for “a global governance of migration based on justice, fraternity and solidarity” and added that “the militarization of borders will never be a solution.”
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