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July 16, 2014

Pope calls for end to ‘racist and xenophobic’ approach to migrants along U.S.-Mexico border

A handout picture provided by the Guatemalan Foreign Relations Ministry shows Mexican Interior Secretary Miguel Angel Chong, Guatemalan Interior Minister Mauricio Lopez Bonilla, and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson addressing the humanitar ian crisis of child migrants at the U.S. border during a press conference at the Foreign Minister's office in Guatemala City July 9. President Obama has asked Congress for $3.7 billion dollars in aid to plug the flood of young parentless migrants.

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis today waded into the controversy of the wave of unaccompanied minors arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border, calling for an end to racism against migrants and pushing the United States to offer greater protection for young children entering the country illegally.

Published in International