Pope Francis Asks United State President To Rethink His Decision On DACA

Pope Francis ask President Donald Trump to assess his action to end a program protecting young immigrants from deportation, saying anyone who calls himself “pro-life” should keep families together.

“If he is a good pro-life believer he must understand that family is the cradle of life and one must secure its unity,” Pope Francis said during an in-flight press conference on his way home from Colombia.

Francis said he hadn’t read up on Donald Trump’s action to end the Deferred Action for Children Program, which permit some immigrants who were brought to the United State illegally as children to stay.

About 800,000 people are affected by Donald Trump’s action to give Congress six months to end their incomplete status.

However he stated in general, removing kids from families “is not something that bears fruit for both the youngsters or their families.”

“I hope they reconsider it a bit,” he said. “Because I heard the United State president speak: He presents himself as a person who is pro-life.”

Already the United State Conference of Catholic Bishops has denounced Donald Trump’s action to end the DACA program, calling it “bad and placing “unnecessary fear for DACA youngster and their families.”

Francis has previously confront Donald Trump over issues of immigration, saying that anyone who wants to construct a wall as Trump does on the Mexican border to keep out migrants is “not Christian.”

He has called for migrants and displaced person to be welcomed and stand on their rights to run away from violence, natural disasters and poverty in search of a better life elsewhere.

On Sunday, though, he also admit that countries have to supervise migrant flows and make sure new migrants can be integrated into society

In his airborne news conference, he was asked about Italy’s new policy of stopping migrant leaving Libya, which he has gain by supporting increased Libyan coast defense patrols and backing Libya’s government in working with militants that once facilitated trafficking to now stop it.

Francis said he was grateful to both Italy and Greece for having welcomed so many migrants in. But he said governments have to manage refugee flows “with common sense,” taking into account how many people that can successfully integrate into its community.

“I have the feeling that it’s doing all its possible best with humanitarian care to also resolve the problem it cannot take on,” he said, pointing to efforts to boost investments in Africa so many people are not forced to leave.