Cardinal Robert McElroy, archbishop of Washington, D.C., attacked President Donald Trump’s immigration policies this week, calling the administration’s enforcement crackdown “inhumane” and “morally repugnant.”
“It’s right to be able to control our borders, however, what’s going on now is something far beyond that,” McElroy told CNN on Tuesday. “It is a mass, indiscriminate deportation of men and women and children and families, which literally rips families apart and is intended to do so.”
McElroy is among the Catholic Church’s most progressive and outspoken voices, especially on the topic of immigration. He was appointed to lead the archdiocese in the nation’s capital by Pope Francis in early January.
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