Minnesota Catholic Bishops Say Biden’s ‘Migration Policies Exacerbated’ Immigration Crisis
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All eight Minnesota Catholic bishops released a joint statement Friday bashing former President Joe Biden’s immigration policies for causing a crisis in the U.S. that has negatively impacted countless communities.
The bishops stated their disapproval of President Donald Trump’s immigration directive allowing for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials to detain illegal immigrants in places of worship, but acknowledged that the policy was only implemented due to the Biden administration’s “leadership failure” on the border, according to the letter. The Biden administration allowed for roughly 11 million border encounters from February 2021 through December 2024, an all-time high for the United States, and border officials seized nearly 27,000 pounds of fentanyl in 2023, also a record-high.
“Sadly, our nation’s immigration system is broken,” the bishops wrote. “As Pope Francis has said, migrants have been too often treated ‘as pawns on the chessboard of humanity.’ Elected officials in both major political parties have failed to rise above political calculation and collaborate on a solution rooted in respect for migrants and the common good of the nation. This leadership failure has resulted in repeated conflicts at the border and in our communities that have only grown worse.”
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