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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Migrant minors dispute pits Florida against Catholic Church

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

The debate over whether to deter or accommodate minors arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border without their parents has pitted Florida’s Catholic governor against the state’s highest-ranking Roman Catholic.

A spokesperson for Gov. Ron DeSantis tweeted about Archbishop of Miami Thomas Wenski, who misleadingly said DeSantis referred to unaccompanied migrant children who arrive at the border as “disgusting,” when the governor didn’t say that.

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