Cardinal Blase Cupich opened up about his feelings about the immigration crackdown happening in Chicago on Monday.
The archbishop of Chicago expanded on what Pope Leo XIV said last week regarding immigrants in America.
For the first time since the Trump administration began its immigration enforcement operation “Midway Blitz” in September, Cupich provided extensive remarks about the issue.
Back in Chicago after a trip to Rome last week, Cupich said it is important for the church to have a moral and ethical voice when it comes to the immigration issue. He says the safety of the United States should not come as the expense of violating human dignity.
“Their dignity as parents must be taken into account before they are ripped away in full sight from their children, who are now citizens, and hauled away as criminals,” Cupich said.
Cupich called the administration’s aggressive immigration tactics unnecessary and intolerable. He says those tactics are intended to terrorize.
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