Without a doubt, the one Trump policy that has caused the most real controversy, rather than media hyperventilation, is his determination to close the borders to illegals and begin a methodical program of deporting illegals already in the US. The Pope called the policy a “disaster” and said that Trump would show he was “not a Christian” if he went ahead with it. The new executive order has provoked calls for resistance by progressive state and local officials, and it has also caused the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, which represents (lol) the interests of American Catholics, to oppose the policy.
Earlier in the week, Trump’s Border Czar, Tom Homan, did something I don’t think any American official has done. He took a shot at the Pope, labeling his position as hypocrisy.
NEW: Border Czar Tom Homan responds to Catholic outcry over Trump’s deportation…
