Los Angeles Archbishop Gómez: Trump’s deportation policy ‘ruining people’s lives’

[Michie]

Archbishop José H. Gómez of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles criticized President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts and urged lawmakers to find a bipartisan solution to fix the American immigration system.

“My brother bishops and I have seen how this deportation policy is ruining people’s lives and breaking up families; in our parishes and neighborhoods, people are now living in constant fear,” Gómez said in a Nov. 18 op-ed published in Angelus News.

Gómez — who serves the largest archdiocese in the country and a large Hispanic population — referenced the Nov. 12 special message from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), which conveyed unified opposition to “the indiscriminate mass deportation of people,” approved by 96% of bishops who voted.

In his op-ed, Gómez accused the Trump administration of carrying out deportations “in harsh and indiscriminate ways.” He criticized alleged quotas for arrests, raids on workplaces, limits to foreign worker visas and other legal pathways to the United States, and the revocation of some immigrants’ “temporary protected legal status.”

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Archbishop Gómez: Trump’s deportation policy ‘ruining people’s lives’

Los Angeles Archbishop José Gómez criticized President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts and called for a legislative fix for the U.S. immigration system.

www.catholicnewsagency.com

 

[chevyontheriver]

Archbishop José H. Gómez of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles criticized President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts and urged lawmakers to find a bipartisan solution to fix the American immigration system.

“My brother bishops and I have seen how this deportation policy is ruining people’s lives and breaking up families; in our parishes and neighborhoods, people are now living in constant fear,” Gómez said in a Nov. 18 op-ed published in Angelus News.

Gómez — who serves the largest archdiocese in the country and a large Hispanic population — referenced the Nov. 12 special message from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), which conveyed unified opposition to “the indiscriminate mass deportation of people,” approved by 96% of bishops who voted.

In his op-ed, Gómez accused the Trump administration of carrying out deportations “in harsh and indiscriminate ways.” He criticized alleged quotas for arrests, raids on workplaces, limits to foreign worker visas and other legal pathways to the United States, and the revocation of some immigrants’ “temporary protected legal status.”

Continued below.

Archbishop Gómez: Trump’s deportation policy ‘ruining people’s lives’

Los Angeles Archbishop José Gómez criticized President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts and called for a legislative fix for the U.S. immigration system.

www.catholicnewsagency.com

It ruined my life when they apprehended me and charged me with bank robbery and convicted me and imprisoned me. How could they ruin my life like that?

 

[Michie]

It ruined my life when they apprehended me and charged me with bank robbery and convicted me and imprisoned me. How could they ruin my life like that?

You did something illegal?

 

[chevyontheriver]

You did something illegal?

OK, I was speeding and the Highway Patrol stopped me and gave me a warning and that messed me up for a few hours.

Point is we were a nation of laws and not following those laws might just have been inconvenienced, arrested even, convicted even, and maybe even incarcerated. But that is increasingly inappropriate for some reason.