Immigration experts and advocacy groups are expecting “executive orders, agency actions and requests to Congress for funding and immigration bills to enlarge its authority” and “intimidate all elected officials across the country into going along with his mass deportation agenda,” Naureen Shah, deputy director for government affairs at ACLU, told reporters last week.
Pope condemns Trump’s mass deportation plan: ‘It will be a disgrace’ Trump’s administration is expected to carry out mass deportation operations in Chicago beginning Tuesday.
Francis’s comments come as Trump is expected to begin gutting legal immigration paths and carrying out mass deportations within his first days in office.
The Catholic Church’s leader called Trump’s plans a “disgrace” in an interview on the Italian talk show Che Tempo Che Fa Sunday.
This comes as Fox News and ABC News both report that Trump is set to sign more than 200 executive orders on Monday just hours after taking office.