Pope Decries 'Inhuman' Conditions for Migrants on US-Mexico Border The Associated Press
go to original February 6, 2015

A young couple that has been deported from the US and separated from their daughter is living lives in ‘El Bordo’ in Tijuana on the Mexico side of the border. (Rex)

Pope Francis has decried the “inhuman” conditions facing migrants crossing the US-Mexico border and has encouraged communities there not to judge people by stereotypes but welcome migrants and work to end discrimination.

Francis made the appeal in a letter to a Jesuit priest who helps organize Catholic teens in Nogales, Arizona, to support the Kino Border Initiative, which advocates a more humane solution to migration. The letter was dated 19 December but was made public on Kino’s website recently.

“These young people – who have come to learn how to strive against the propagation of stereotypes, from people who only see in immigration a source of illegality, social conflict and violence – can contribute much to show the world a church without borders,” Francis wrote.

Rev. Sean Carroll, executive director of Kino Border Initiative, said student were very excited and very touched after receiving the letter from Francis.

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