"'Migrants and refugees are not pawns on the chessboard of humanity,' Francis said in his 2013 message for the Vatican's World Day of Migrants and Refugees. 'They are children, women, and men who leave or are forced to leave their homes for various reasons, who share a legitimate desire for knowing and having, but above all for being more.'"
"Francis was also the first pope from the Americas. When he came to the United States in 2015, he told a White House audience, "As a son of an immigrant family, I am happy to be a guest in this country, which was largely built by such families."
~ Scott Simon
"Opinion: Pope Francis's sympathy for migrants was personal"
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