- Border czar Tom Homan criticized Pope Francis for criticizing U.S. deportation and border security efforts, citing the Vatican's own strict border policies as hypocritical.
- Homan, a lifelong Catholic, told Newsweek that the pope should focus on his own church's issues and leave border enforcement to U.S. authorities.
- The Vatican maintains strict border controls, including a wall surrounding the papal states, which Homan highlighted as a contradiction to the pope's stance on immigration.
- Pope Francis wrote a letter to American Catholic bishops, criticizing measures that equate illegal status with criminality and emphasizing the need for policies based on human dignity.
- Homan's comments reflect a broader debate over immigration and border control, with some supporters of Trump's policies criticizing the Vatican's stance and challenging the Pope's authority on the matter.
Border czar Tom Homan has pushed back against Pope Francis for criticizing the United States' strict border security and deportation efforts, highlighting the Vatican's double standards on the matter.
Homan, who described himself as a lifelong Catholic, lambasted the pontiff's stance on immigration in remarks made to Newsweek on Tuesday, Feb. 11. He pointed to the Holy See's own strict border polices and the presence of a border wall to highlight its hypocrisy in criticizing U.S. President Donald Trump.
"I got harsh words for the Pope," Homan began with his signature no-nonsense approach. "He ought to fix the Catholic Church and concentrate on his work and leave border enforcement to us."
"He wants to attack us for securing our border? He's got a wall around the Vatican, does he not? So, he's got a wall around to protect his people and himself, but we can't have a wall around the United States?"
The Vatican's own strict border controls and security measures have long been a point of contention for critics of the Pope's stance on immigration. The Vatican, a sovereign city-state within Rome, maintains its own border security and immigration policies, including a wall surrounding the papal states. The border czar and former acting director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement pointed out this contradiction as an example of the pontiff's hypocrisy. (Related: Pope Francis chides Americans for wanting border security while Vatican City keeps people out with massive walls,)
Vatican criticizes US immigration policies while enforcing its own
Homan's response to the pontiff, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, highlights the double standard in the Vatican's stance on border security. While the Pope criticizes the United States for its deportation efforts and strict border controls, the Vatican maintains its own strict border policies and security measures.
The border czar's comments to Newsweek followed Francis' letter to American Catholic bishops, made public on Tuesday. "The rightly formed conscience cannot fail to make a critical judgment and express its disagreement with any measure that tacitly or explicitly identifies the illegal status of some migrants with criminality," the pope said in his letter.
"What is built on the basis of force, and not on the truth about the equal dignity of every human being, begins badly and will end badly," Francis continued, ostensibly referring to Trump's mass deportation efforts.
Homan wasn't alone in his criticism, however, as others who back Trump's border security agenda have also spoken out. Vice President J.D. Vance, another Catholic, has been vocal about his concerns over the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' involvement in resettling illegal immigrants.
This was not the first time the Holy See has challenged Trump's approach on immigration. The pontiff has been critical of the 47th U.S. president's policies since the start of his first term, with Francis calling Trump's proposal to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border "not Christian" in 2016. This criticism only intensified when Trump began his second term last month.
As the second Trump administration continues to implement its strict border security policies, it remains to be seen how the Vatican's criticism will impact the ongoing debate over immigration and border control. However, one thing is clear: Homan's response to the Pope's criticism has brought the issue of border security into the spotlight, challenging the Vatican's own policies.
Watch border czar Tom Homan highlighting the Vatican's double standard on border security and immigration in this Newsmax interview.
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