Catholic Charities USA condemned the decision, calling it “harsh and unnecessary.”

In 2013, religious groups and houses of worship were granted a religious exemption by the Supreme Court from the government's mandate in the Affordable Care Act to include coverage of contraceptives and abortion-inducing drugs in their employee health plan.

U.S. Attorney General William Barr announced in July that the government was reinstating the federal death penalty

Justice Sonia Sotomayor said more explanation was needed about ending DACA because she said it was "a choice to destroy lives."

Because of the future of the DACA program is so uncertain, an immigration counselor for Catholic Charities in Wisconsin has decided to move her family to Canada.

“Our nation made a promise to these ‘Dreamers,’” Archbishop Gomez wrote. “We have a moral obligation. It is time for the president and Congress to honor that promise and live up to this obligation.”