Matthew Bunson, National Catholic Register
Monday, December 15, 2025
One year after the 2024 presidential election returned him to the White House, President Donald Trump remains popular among Catholic voters. That backing extends to the chief flashpoint of Trump’s first year since regaining the presidency: the ongoing mass deportation of hundreds of thousands of illegal or undocumented immigrants. That policy has sparked national protests, widespread media coverage, and strong statements of concern and condemnation from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and individual bishops. Even Pope Leo XIV has criticized it on multiple occasions.
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