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Secretary defends U.S. migration stance ahead of pope visit, distinguishes migrants from criminal deportees
Summary
The State Department secretary said the pope is a spiritual leader and defended the administration's migration policies, distinguishing between migrants and criminal deportees and citing removals to other countries.
The secretary, a State Department official, pushed back against framing the pope's comments on migrants as inherently political and defended the administration's migration approach, saying the United States remains "compassionate" toward legal migrants while opposing "mass migration" and open borders.
Why it matters: The remarks came ahead of a papal Mass in Rome and because of public scrutiny about how migration policy…
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