Archbishop Gomez at Georgetown panel: ‘Deportation is not an immigration policy’
Archbishop José H. Gomez called for federal immigration reform “that responds to the reality of our country” at a Washington, DC panel discussion with other U.S. Catholic leaders in the wake of this summer’s federal immigration raids.
“The most important thing is to help people to understand the dignity of the human person. Deportation is not an immigration policy,” said Archbishop Gomez at the Sept. 11 livestreamed event hosted by Georgetown University’s Initiative on Catholic Social Thought & Public Life.
“We really need to find a way to have immigration reform that responds to the reality of our country.”