Syracuse, N.Y. — The leader of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse this week joined other bishops to issue a rare “special message” that condemns the Trump administration’s deportation campaign.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, meeting in Baltimore, said in the message that they “oppose the indiscriminate mass deportation of people.“

“We are disturbed when we see among our people a climate of fear and anxiety around questions of profiling and immigration enforcement,” the message said. “We are saddened by the state of contemporary debate and the vilification of immigrants. We are concerned about the conditions in detention centers and the lack of access to pastoral care.”

It’s the first time in 12 years the bishops issued a special pastoral message.

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