EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The El Paso Bishop on the front lines of the U.S. immigration crackdown met Wednesday, Oct. 8, with Pope Leo at the Vatican and brought him a package of letters from immigrant families fearing they will be rounded up and deported.

Bishop Mark Seitz and Auxiliary Bishop Anthony Celino showed Leo a video detailing the plight of migrants. Leo vowed to stand with them and the church leaders who are trying to help the migrants.

Catholic leaders in the U.S. have denounced the Trump administration's crackdown, which has upended life in churches and schools that serve migrant communities.

The administration has defended the crackdown as safeguarding public safety and national security.

The letters Seitz brought Leo detail the terror that even legal migrants are facing e

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