Fresno Bishop Brennan speaks against mass deportations

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Mass deportations successful the United States are starring Catholic leaders crossed the satellite to propulsion backmost against existent policy.

"I effort to debar authorities successful my preaching and successful my teaching, but determination are gospel values astatine play here, quality lives astatine involvement here, and that's wherever I not lone tin accidental something, I person to accidental something," said Bishop Joseph Brennan.

Bishop Brennan of Fresno wants to beryllium wide helium doesn't spot the contented arsenic a governmental one.

In the past month, some Pope Francis and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued statements rebuking immoderate of the president's enforcement orders, saying they "will harm the astir susceptible among us."

In January, Brennan shared akin sentiments successful his ain sentiment piece.

The Pope and Bishop each usage biblical migration stories arsenic examples of people's close to question refuge.

However, they besides said countries should beryllium capable to support their borders and would enactment migration reform.

"Certainly opposed to wide deportations arsenic are the United States Bishops," said Brennan. "We don't spot that arsenic a bully option, possibly adjacent not adjacent a viable oregon adjacent applicable one. We spot it much arsenic an inhuman attack to a precise existent problem."

During his campaign, President Trump said lone criminals would beryllium deported. But aft his inauguration, his medication clarified they considered anyone who entered the state illegally a criminal.

"We volition deport individuals based connected the laws of this country," said Karoline Leavitt, White House Press Secretary. "That's each this medication is trying to do, enforce our nation's migration laws. So if an idiosyncratic is present illegally, if that means they crossed our confederate borderline illegally oregon are overstaying their visa illegally oregon person been deported earlier and re-entered the U.S. illegally, they volition beryllium taxable to deportation."

The president and his supporters said wide deportations are a important measurement to amended the nation's information and security.

Brennan said the religion would not harbor convulsive criminals but takes contented with immigrants being painted with a wide stroke.

"The Pope addresses that excessively successful a mode wherever helium says radical who person crossed the borderline and person truthful violated a precept oregon a law, an ordinance, a instrumentality of the of the United States of America, ought not to beryllium labeled criminals," said Brennan.

Brennan said the religion is taking steps to amended and supply resources to the congregation and community.

The bishop said the policies aren't conscionable impacting the radical successful the pews, but those astatine the pulpit. He said radical are moving successful the religion who are connected Visas oregon are DACA recipients and existent policies are impacting them arsenic well.

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