""I would just invite all people in the United States to listen to them," said the US-born pope."
""We have to look for ways of treating people humanely," Leo said, speaking to journalists in English. "If people are in the United States illegally, there are ways to treat that. There are courts, there's a system of justice," he added."
""We are grieved when we meet parents who fear being detained when taking their children to school and when we try to console family members who have already been separated from their loved ones," the US Bishops said. "Despite obstacles and prejudices, generations of immigrants have made enormous contribution""
Pope Leo XIV supported the US Conference of Catholic Bishops' statement and urged the US government to treat people humanely. The bishops criticized mass deportation policies and the vilification of immigrants while praising immigrants' contributions. The bishops described fear and anxiety from immigration raids, parents fearing detention when taking children to school, and families already separated from loved ones. The bishops rejected denial of care to migrants in detention centers. The pope affirmed countries' rights to control borders but emphasized that many long-term residents are being treated disrespectfully and that legal systems should address unauthorized presence.
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