The Catholic Church celebrated World Day for Migrants and Refugees on Sept. 27 by recognizing the contribution of immigrants and refugees in a letter sent to President Donald Trump. 

“We understand that legal residents may be deported if they have committed certain crimes and that previous administrations have sent several hundred individuals back to Laos, but we urge you to limit, not amplify, such deportations,” the bishops wrote in the letter, according to Wisconsin Catholic Conference press release.

In the letter, the bishops explained to the president that many immigrant and refugees have uniquely contributed to the U.S. in many ways after having to flee their homeland because of terrible conditions. 

"Today, Wisconsin has the third largest Hmong population after California and Minnesota," the Wisconsin Catholic Conference said in the press release. "The bishops praised the 'astonishing resiliency, vibrancy and family cohesion' of Wisconsin’s Hmong residents, many of whom experienced 'unspeakable brutality and trauma.'"