A member of President Donald Trump’s Catholic Advisory Council during his 2016 presidential campaign is joining the choir of those speaking out against a controversial sign placed at the Nativity scene of a Dedham church that reads “ICE was here.”

Patrick Walsh, of Quincy, was one of 34 people selected by Trump to join the group, which provided him with advisory support related to issues and policies affecting Catholics and people of other religions.

“It should be removed immediately. They’re trying to politicize something when it’s Christmas season and Christ is supposed to be our savior. This church shouldn’t be playing politics with Advent,” Walsh told the Herald.

“St. Thomas Aquinas teaches that people should stay within their own home country to make their country a better place, a

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