In the letter, the pope said the criminalization of migrants and the mass deportations planned by the U.S. government are dangerous and called the country's current immigration po

Pope Francis sharply criticized U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown in an unusual open letter to America's Catholic bishops on Tuesday, saying criminalising migrants and taking measures built on force "will end badly".

President Donald Trump signed at least 10 immigration-related orders as he looks to carry out his campaign promise of mass deportations and increased border security.

Francis took the remarkable step of addressing the U.S. migrant crackdown in a letter to the bishops of the United States, who have criticized the expulsions as harming the most vulnerable. History's first Latin American pope has long made caring for migrants a priority of his pontificate,

The pope does not name Trump in his letter, but it is a clear directive to resist the demonization of migrants and refugees.

President Trump's border czar says Pope Francis should "stick to the Catholic Church," as the pontiff slams U.S. mass deportations