Pope rebukes Trump administration over migrant deportations

Pope Francis touches his eyes as he presides over a mass for the jubilee of the armed forces in St Peter’s Square at The Vatican (Alessandra Tarantino/AP)

Pope Francis issued a major rebuke to the Trump administration’s mass deportation of migrants.

Francis warned that the programme to forcefully deport people purely because of their illegal status deprives them of their inherent dignity and “will end badly”.