{"id":1648,"date":"2026-06-17T17:12:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T17:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1648"},"modified":"2026-06-17T17:12:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T17:12:51","slug":"pope-blasts-trump-backed-immigration-plan-as-not-christian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1648","title":{"rendered":"Pope Blasts Trump-Backed Immigration Plan as Not \u2018Christian\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Pope Leo XIV has blasted an immigration policy favored by President Donald Trump\u2019s administration as not being the \u201cChristian\u201d response to people fleeing war, violence, and conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1646\">MAHA Revolts Against RFK Jr. for Broken Promise<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Chicago-born pontiff was asked Tuesday to weigh in on \u201cremigration,\u201d a mass deportation plan pushed by the European far-right that has also been embraced by the Trump administration. <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Trump used the term on the 2024 campaign trail, and last year the State Department created a secretive \u201cOffice of Remigration\u201d that was apparently inspired by Europe\u2019s extremist movements\u2019 bid to expel foreigners simply because they\u2019re foreign, Wired reported last month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Speaking to reporters outside his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, the pope stressed that governments must treat immigrants with respect. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOften, we don\u2019t recognize the reason why these people were forced to leave their home countries. For many reasons\u2014violence, war, conflict,\u201d he said. \u201cTo simply say, \u2018We\u2019re going to send them away and wash our hands of the problem\u2019 doesn\u2019t seem like the most Christian response.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Trump has repeatedly called for \u201cremigration\u201d or \u201creverse migration,\u201d a previously fringe concept that has gained widespread attention in Europe thanks to a former neo-Nazi political activist from Austria, NPR reported in December. <\/p>\n<p>The White House has denied remigration\u2019s European extremist roots, while at the same time using white nationalist rhetoric and imagery to discuss Western values and Western civilization, NPR noted.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1644\">JD Vance Humiliated as He\u2019s Savaged by Early Book Reviews<\/a><\/p>\n<p>During his 2024 presidential campaign against former Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump vowed in a Truth Social post shared by Stephen Miller to \u201cend the migrant invasion of America,\u201d and to \u201crevoke deportation immunity, suspend refugee resettlement, and return Kamala\u2019s illegal migrants to their home countries (also known as remigration).\u201d <\/p>\n<p>When a former Afghan special forces soldier opened fire on two National Guard members in November, the president used the deadly shooting as an excuse to attack immigrants and announce his plans to \u201cpermanently pause migration from all Third World Countries\u201d to \u201callow the U.S. system to fully recover\u201d from a supposed influx of \u201cillegal and disruptive populations.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnly REVERSE MIGRATION can fully cure this situation,\u201d Trump wrote in a Truth Social post in the days following the shooting. \u201cOther than that, HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL, except those that hate, steal, murder, and destroy everything that America stands for\u2014You won\u2019t be here for long!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 80-year-old president has feuded with Pope Leo for months over the pontiff\u2019s criticism of Trump\u2019s foreign wars and his calls for the U.S. to end its \u201cinhuman treatment of immigrants.\u201d <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cWe really need to respect every person and see their individual cases, and above all treat people as people with respect,\u201d Leo reiterated Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1642\">Kennedy Center Covers Up Trump\u2019s Latest  Humiliation<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Daily Beast has reached out to the White House for comment. <\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Leo XIV has blasted an immigration policy favored by President Donald Trump\u2019s administration as not being the \u201cChristian\u201d response to people fleeing war, violence, and conflict. 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