Earlier this month, prior to 88-year-old Pope Francis’ recent hospitalization, he took the Trump administration to task for its stance on immigration.

In a letter to American bishops, the pope pointed out that in many cases, migrants have left their own countries “for reasons of extreme poverty, insecurity, exploitation, persecution or serious deterioration of the environment." His letter also included a warning for Trump administration officials, stating, “What is built on the basis of force, and not on the truth about the equal dignity of every human being, begins badly and will end badly.”

The president’s border czar, Tom Homan, responded to the comments on Fox News, saying, “I’ve got harsh words for the pope: I say this as a lifelong Catholic. He ought to focus on his work and leave enforcement to us. He’s got a wall around the Vatican, does he not?”

Monsignor Kevin Sullivan, executive director of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York, joined Capital Tonight’s Susan Arbetter to discuss the Trump administration’s immigration policies, and his position on deporting migrants who have committed crimes on U.S. soil.