ROME (AP) — Pope Francis issued a major rebuke Tuesday to the Trump administration’s mass deportation of migrants, warning that the forceful removal of people purely because of their illegal status deprives them of their inherent dignity and “will end badly.”

Pope Francis took the remarkable step of addressing the U.S. migrant crackdown in a letter to the bishops of the United States.

Pope Francis has issued a warning to the Trump administration over its policy of mass deportations, arguing that such actions strip migrants of their dignity and "will end badly." Francis made the unusual move of directly addressing the US bishops,