The Pope Weighs in (Again) on U.S. Immigration Policy
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Washington DC, USA-September 23, 2015: Pope Francis has arrived and is waving to the crowd. Many people are taking photos. This is on D Street near DAR Constitution Hall. Pope Francis traveled around the Ellipse giving the general public a chance to see him. Copyright: Coast-to-Coast[/caption]Pope Francis made international headlines on Thursday when he reignited the debate about walls and U.S. immigration policy. Aside from his characterizations of Donald Trump, the statement he made to a reporter in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, the views he expressed on immigration are not new. He said much the same during his visit to the U.S. last September. In an op-ed published in The Hill on the occasion of Pope Francis’s visit last year, FAIR’s president, Dan Stein, addressed some important considerations that the pope and many well-meaning religious leaders overlook in their advocacy on behalf of open immigration. Here, again, is that op-ed. Recommended Reading: Blogs by FAIR on Pope Francis and immigration
Washington DC, USA-September 23, 2015: Pope Francis has arrived and is waving to the crowd. Many people are taking photos. This is on D Street near DAR Constitution Hall. Pope Francis traveled around the Ellipse giving the general public a chance to see him. Copyright: Coast-to-Coast[/caption]Pope Francis made international headlines on Thursday when he reignited the debate about walls and U.S. immigration policy. Aside from his characterizations of Donald Trump, the statement he made to a reporter in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, the views he expressed on immigration are not new. He said much the same during his visit to the U.S. last September. In an op-ed published in The Hill on the occasion of Pope Francis’s visit last year, FAIR’s president, Dan Stein, addressed some important considerations that the pope and many well-meaning religious leaders overlook in their advocacy on behalf of open immigration. Here, again, is that op-ed. Recommended Reading: Blogs by FAIR on Pope Francis and immigration
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