United States Conference of Catholic Bishops President Daniel DiNardo criticized the Trump administration’s immoral policy:
“Separating babies from their mothers is not the answer and is immoral.”
It is immoral.
A top Catholic bishop condemned the Trump administration’s immigration policies on Wednesday, calling the separation of immigrant families “immoral” and saying a recent change in policy “will erode the capacity of asylum to save lives.”
Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, made the statement during the organization’s spring general assembly. It’s the latest criticism from within the Catholic Church directed at the harsh immigration enforcement tactics under President Donald Trump.
On Wednesday, DiNardo focused on two parts of Trump’s border crackdown: the “zero tolerance” policy for illegal entries that leads to children being split from their parents and Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ decision earlier this week that “generally” asylum-seekers should not receive relief on the basis of domestic or gang violence.
“At its core, asylum is an instrument to preserve the right to life,” Cardinal DiNardo said at the assembly in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, urging “courts and policymakers to respect and enhance, not erode, the potential of our asylum system to preserve and protect the right to life.”
He also called on the government to stop the separation of families at the border, saying he agrees with Bishop Joe Vásquez, who leads USCCB’s Committee on Migration.
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Cardinal DiNardo said the U.S. should use discretion to keep young children from being “exposed to irreparable harm and trauma” of being split from their parents.
“While protecting our borders is important, we can and must do better as a government, and as a society, to find other ways to ensure that safety,” he said. “Separating babies from their mothers is not the answer and is immoral.”
The United Nations office for the high commissioner for human rights similarly condemned family separations as “counter to human rights standards and principles” earlier this month.
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All people should condemn Trump’s Gestapo-like tactics.
This nation is profoundly shamed by its actions.