WATCH: Catholic Border Czar Tells Catholic Leaders Illegal Immigration Isn’t Victimless

Border czar Tom Homan on Thursday invited Catholic leadership to watch him and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials perform their duties and see “why illegal immigration is not a victimless crime.”

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has criticized ICE enforcement tactics and detention conditions, warning about fear in immigrant communities and saying bishops are concerned about “conditions in detention centers” and “lack of access to pastoral care.”

Pope Leo XIV similarly urged authorities to allow pastoral workers to minister to detainees and said longtime residents “never causing problems” have been “deeply affected” by current enforcement.

During an appearance on “The World Over with Raymond Arroyo,” Homan, a practicing Catholic, rejected claims that enforcement is incompatible with human dignity.

He argued that refusing to enforce immigration laws invites cartels, fuels trafficking, and increases deaths on the journey north.

He also said a secure border and barriers “save lives” by reducing the number of vulnerable women and children pushed into dangerous routes controlled by smugglers.

The debate turned even more heated after a parish outside Boston altered a Nativity display to protest ICE actions, removing the Holy Family and replacing it with a sign reading “ICE was here,” according to the National Catholic Reporter.

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