Pope Francis, who has made the plight of migrants one of the central themes of his papacy, should have no mercy with Republican hopeful Donald Trump when the pontiff visits Mexico in mid-February.
Francis will have a unique opportunity to expose Trump as a pathological liar on immigration matters, just after the key Republican primary in New Hampshire, when most Americans will begin to seriously tune into the race for the US November elections. It will be Francis’ best opportunity to have a real impact on the immigration debate.
I will probably never get a job as a papal speechwriter, but if I were on Francis’ team, this is what I would suggest he say when during his scheduled February 17 visit to the Mexico-US border City of Ciudad Juarez, where he is widely expected to address the immigration issue. Here it goes:
“I greet all of you with special affection!” he should start saying. “As you know, migrants have always been very close to my heart. I come from a country of European migrants, who moved to this continent in search of
