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Pope Leo XIV is once again condemned donald trumpStrong opposition to immigration policiesDescription of Administration Treatment Foreigners living in the United States were described as “extremely disrespectful.”
Speaking from his residence in Castell Gandolfo outside Rome, the pontiff urged people in the US to “look for ways to treat people humanely, to treat people with the dignity they deserve.”
The first US Pope, Leo, has increased his disapproval of the Trump administration’s approach immigrants In recent weeks. It follows his September comments, where he branded their treatment “inhumane”, which provoked significant reaction from some conservative Catholic figures.
On Tuesday, a reporter asked Leo about a Nov. 13 statement from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops that rebuked the Trump administration’s policies and called for “meaningful immigration reform.”
“This is a very important statement,” the Pope said. “I would invite all the people of the United States to hear him.”
He said individual countries have the right to police their borders, but many immigrants in the US “are living good lives” and are being treated “in a way that is extremely disrespectful, to say the least.”