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Sister Norma Pimentel (second left to right) speaks during a panel on the effects of the Trump administration's crackdown on immigrants held at Georgetown University in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)
WASHINGTON – A group of top U.S. Catholic bishops and nuns on the front lines of the country's immigration conflict have decried the Trump administration’s hard-line policies for tearing apart families, inciting fear and upending American church life.
While criticizing the federal government, the Catholic leaders also explained at a Thursday panel discussion at Georgetown University how they are supporting worried immigrants. With President Donald Trump's mass deportation agenda and ramped up immigration enforcement, they said, many families are wa