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EXCLUSIVE: After the U.S. Catholic bishops issued a statement opposing mass deportations, a prominent American Catholic group chided some of their colleagues for sowing “confusion” about the church’s official stance on law enforcement and called for a “more complete conversation on immigration.”

On Wednesday, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) issued a “special pastoral message on immigration” in which the bishops said they felt “compelled now in this environment to raise our voices in defense of God-given human dignity.”

In the message, the bishops stated unequivocally, “We oppose the indiscriminate mass deportation of people,” adding, “We pray for an end to dehumanizing rhetoric and violence, whether directed at immigrants or at

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