Pope Francis condemned President Donald Trump's administration for its deportation policies after the Vatican City State cracked down on its own borders. Francis, the first Latin American pontiff rebuked Trump in a letter criticizing mass deportations this week,

In a letter to American bishops, Francis leveled unusually direct criticism at the administration on an issue he has made central to his papacy.

The U.S. border czar has pushed back against Pope Francis' criticism of the U.S. mass deportation of migrants plan.