Pope Calls Mass Deportation Plan ‘A Disgrace’

January 20, 2025 5:08 am

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis says Donald Trump’s plans to impose mass deportations of immigrants would be a “disgrace.” History’s first Latin American pope was asked about the Trump administration pledges of deportations during an appearance Sunday night on a popular Italian talk show, Che Tempo Che Fa. He says mass deportations are not the way to resolve the immigration problem. It’s not the first time that Francis has weighed in on Trump’s immigration policy. During his first campaign for the presidency, in 2016, Francis was asked about Trump’s plans to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. He famously said anyone who builds a wall to keep out migrants is “not Christian.”