{"id":2401353,"date":"2025-02-11T10:49:03","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T15:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-border-czar-rebuffs-pope-over-immigration-criticism\/"},"modified":"2025-02-11T10:50:47","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T15:50:47","slug":"trump-border-czar-rebuffs-pope-over-immigration-criticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-border-czar-rebuffs-pope-over-immigration-criticism\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump border czar rebuffs pope over immigration criticism"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-border-czar-rebuffs-pope-over-immigration-criticism%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2401353&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent statement,Tom Homan,the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wh-gov-changes-site-to-read-biden-harris-white-house\/\" title=\"Wh.gov changes site to read Biden-Harris White House\">border czar<\/a>&#8221; under President Trump&#8217;s administration,responded sharply to Pope\u200b Francis&#8217; criticism of U.S. immigration policies. The Pope expressed concern over Trump&#8217;s deportation agenda,\u200b which has led to a meaningful increase in \u200barrests of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-top-immigration-adviser-biden-agenda-would-fundamentally-erase-very-essence-of-americas-nationhood\/\" title=\"Ex-Top Immigration Adviser: Biden Agenda \u2018Would Fundamentally Erase Very Essence Of America\u2019s Nationhood\u2019\">criminal illegal immigrants<\/a>. Homan,\u2064 speaking \u2063at the White House, expressed dissatisfaction with the number of arrests made and took \u200dissue with the Pope&#8217;s comments, suggesting that he should focus on issues \u200bwithin the Catholic Church instead of immigration enforcement. He pointed out the hypocrisy of the Vatican having a wall for security while the U.S. cannot have similar measures. Homan&#8217;s remarks align with a broader\u2063 tension\u2062 between the Trump administration\u200c and some \u2062American Catholic leaders \u2064regarding immigration policies, \u2064including\u200c accusations that the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is financially motivated in its resettlement of refugees.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump border czar rebuffs pope over immigration criticism: &lsquo;Stick to the Catholic Church&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1990822\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;Border czar&rdquo; <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tom-homan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Tom Homan<\/a> bristled at <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pope-francis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Pope Francis<\/a> over his recent criticism of President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s deportation agenda.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Homan briefly spoke to reporters Tuesday morning at the White House, where he said he was &ldquo;not satisfied&rdquo; with the number of arrests of criminal illegal immigrants the administration has logged during Trump&rsquo;s first weeks in office.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3292730\/all-executive-orders-actions-trump-first-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FULL LIST OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS, ACTIONS, AND PROCLAMATIONS TRUMP HAS MADE AS PRESIDENT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis, the first pope of Latin American descent, has been a longtime critic of Trump. He warned in a Monday service that the Trump administration&rsquo;s policies, which are yielding three times as many arrests of criminal illegal immigrants as this time last year, &ldquo;will end badly.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Asked about that critique Tuesday, Homan said he&nbsp;had &ldquo;harsh words for the Pope.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Pope won&rsquo;t fix the Catholic Church,&rdquo; Homan said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m saying this as a lifelong Catholic,&nbsp;baptized Catholic, first communion Catholic, confirmation Catholic:&nbsp;You ought to fix the Catholic Church and concentrate on his work and leave border enforcement to us.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He wants to attack us for securing our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-gov-offers-pathetic-excuse-for-kamalas-refusal-to-talk-to-media-plenty-of-time-to-do-interviews\/\" title=\"Dem Gov Offers Pathetic Excuse For Kamala&#039;s Refusal to Talk to Media: &#039;Plenty of Time to Do Interviews&#039;\">border &#038;mdash<\/a>; he&rsquo;s got a wall around the Vatican, does he not? So he&rsquo;s got a wall around to protect his people and himself, but we can&rsquo;t have a wall around the United States? I wish he&rsquo;d stick to the Catholic Church and fix that and leave border enforcement to us.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Vice President JD Vance, a Catholic convert, has also feuded with American Catholic leaders in recent weeks regarding the Trump administration&rsquo;s deportation policies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vance accused the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops of helping resettle refugees as a way of protecting its &ldquo;bottom line,&rdquo; in reference to the $100 million in federal grants the organization receives.<\/p>\n<p>Bishops <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncronline.org\/news\/bishops-condemn-trumps-immigration-orders-stoking-fear-anxiety\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">criticized<\/a> the Trump administration last month over the way it was <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">conducting immigration enforcement<\/a>, with raids permitted in schools and churches.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1990822\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1990822\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump&#8217;s border czar rebukes Pope: &#8216;Focus on the Church<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2401354,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/homan-pope.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34478,3813,3634],"class_list":["post-2401353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-border-czar","tag-immigration","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/homan-pope.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2401353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2401353"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2401353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2401357,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2401353\/revisions\/2401357"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2401354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2401353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2401353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2401353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}