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Pope Francis weighs in on Texas border controversy with El Paso Catholic nonprofit

"That is madness, sheer madness, to close the border and leave them there, that is madness," the Pope said through a translator. "The migrant has to be received, thereafter you see how you are going to deal with them, maybe you have to send them back, I don't know, but each case ought to be considered humanely."
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