Trump administration withdraws $11 million in funding from Catholic charity supporting migrant children amid tensions with the Pope.

The Trump administration has reportedly canceled an$ 11 million contract with the unqualified Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami, which offers sanctum and care to migratory children entering the United States.

The decision comes amid pressures between President Donald Trump and Pope Leo, the leader of the Catholic Church, over issues about the war in Iran.

Trump has launched a series of attacks against the American- born pontiff, including suggesting Leo was “ WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy. ” The 79- time-old chairman also entered violent review after he participated an image depicting himself as Jesus Christ on social media.

Writing for the Miami Herald, Thomas Wenski, archbishop of Miami, said it's “ thwarting ” that the government would want to shut down a service that has helped thousands of children who entered the U.S. without parents or guardians since the 1960s.

“ The Archdiocese of Miami’s services for lonely minors have been honored for their excellence and have served as a model for other agencies throughout the country, ” Wenski wrote.

“ Our track record in serving this vulnerable population is unmatched. Yet, the Archdiocese of Miami’s unqualified Charities’ services for lonely minors has been stripped of backing and will be forced to shut down within three months. ”

The Office of Refugee Resettlement( ORR), part of the Department of Health and Human Services( HHS), has paid unqualified Charities for multitudinous times to house indigenous children entering the U.S. without adult supervision. The civil government communicated the charity about the cancellation in late March, according to The Miami Herald.

The HHS said that the cancellation was motivated by a falling number of migratory children entering the country without parents or adult administrators.

Robert Latham, associate director of the Children and Youth Law Clinic at the University of Miami Law School, said that it may be “ incredibly psychologically dangerous ” for the children, who have formerly been through so much, to be dislocated.

“ For little kiddies, moving constantly creates relating issues and destroys the sense of both tone and community. They do n’t know who they're and where they will be( from day to day,) ” Latham told the Herald.