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Invoking Pope Leo, Iowa Bishops Slam Trump's ICE Raids

Four heartland bishops say migrants are neighbors, not suspects — part of a red-state Catholic pushback.

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Aug 26, 2025
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Iowa’s four Catholic bishops just put ICE-style enforcement on notice.

In a pastoral letter released Friday, they defend migrants as neighbors and condemn “enforcement tactics that treat all immigrants… in the same manner as violent criminals.”

The bishops — Thomas Zinkula (Dubuque), William Joensen (Des Moines), Dennis Walsh (Davenport), and John Keehn…

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