In a statement made to reporters outside Castel Gandolfo, Pope Leo XIV issued a nuanced take on the immigration situation in the United States of America.
Leo XIV said that ‘no one has said that the United States should have open borders’ and defended the right of the USA to deal with its borders, especially with ‘illegals’.
However, he did reiterate a note of caution over the manner with which long term residents in the USA were facing deportation.