"Haitians should not be seen as a bunch of immigrants who come to the United States to exploit US resources." El Salvador, also facing an end to protected status for its 200,000 citizens living in the United States, sent a formal letter of protest to the US government over the comments. Vatican newspaper calls Trump's comment offensiveThe Vatican newspaper on Friday branded US President Donald Trump's reported comments about African countries and Haiti as "particularly harsh and offensive". The newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, wrote about the comment in a front-page article about the immigration debate in the United States. Trump, who grew up in a Presbyterian family, shot back saying it was "disgraceful" for the pope to question his faith.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 13, 2018 00:45 UTC