‘Dehumanizing and Intimidating’: Bishops Accuse Trump of Vilifying Migrants | APT - video Dailymotion

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The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a rare and forceful rebuke of President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, denouncing mass deportations and the “culture of fear” gripping migrant communities. During their plenary in Baltimore, the bishops urged compassion, dignity, and reform, warning that the administration’s actions have “dehumanized” immigrants and violated fundamental Christian values. #US #trump #apt

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00:00Your clicker, please. Get it in the back, in the foyer. You will need that for this morning.

00:07On the issue of immigration more generally, since January, the Trump administration has remained

00:14committed to carrying out the president's campaign promise of mass deportations. This

00:22has been accompanied by policy changes that are intimidating and dehumanizing the immigrants in

00:29our midst, regardless of how they came to be here. The repeated rhetoric about an approach to

00:37enforcement focused on terrorists, dangerous criminals, and those with final orders of removal

00:45has largely been contradicted by several actions. This includes the detention of those attending

00:53their immigration court hearings, the targeting of international students, and even the circumvention

01:01of protections for unaccompanied children, among others. Over two-thirds of the almost 60,000 people

01:10held in immigration detention at the end of September had no criminal convictions. Furthermore, pressure is

01:19being placed on our men and women charged with the already difficult responsibilities of law enforcement

01:26to increase the number of arrests. Those who lack legal status are far from the only ones impacted by

01:35this approach. The administration has taken several steps to terminate legal protections and work

01:42authorization for hundreds of thousands of people, adding them to the existing undocumented population.

01:51The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

01:55Holy Mary and Mother of God, pray for us now and at the hour of our death.

02:00In cities across the United States, our migrant brothers and sisters, many of them are fellow Catholics,

02:07faced a culture of fear, hesitant to leave their homes and even to attend church for fear of being

02:15randomly harassed or detained. Holy Father, please know that the bishops in the United States,

02:22united in our concern, will continue to stand with migrants and defend everyone's right to worship

02:29free from intimidation. We support secure and orderly borders and law enforcement actions

02:37in response to dangerous criminal activity, but we cannot remain silent in this challenging hour

02:44while the right to worship and the right to due process are undermined.

02:50In our nation as well as in our world, we face so many challenges in witnessing to the gospel,

02:57the growing narrowness and selfishness of individualism, economic and social impoverishment,

03:04growing polarization, animosity, and political violence, the inability to engage in civil discourse,

03:13the lack of generosity to work with each other, and constant threats of the life and dignity of

03:19every human person, especially the poor, the elderly, and the unborn.

03:33So,

03:43I'm just going to say,

03:44I guess when I see,

03:45You

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