CHICAGO (WLS) -- Cardinal Blase Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, is weighing in as the U.S. conference of bishops issued a rare special message.

It is a unified front against immigration enforcement operations .

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The last time the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops came together to issue a special message was 12 years ago in response to the government's contraceptive mandate. This time, the topic was immigration.

Cardinal Cupich is insisting cardinals take a stand against the mass deportations currently taking place around the country.

"How can we say to people who are suffering in this moment that we stand with you if we don't clearly say that we are opposed to the indiscriminate deportation of people," Cupich said.

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