A Catholic bishop in Austin, Texas, on Tuesday spoke out against President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Trump dismisses climate change role in fires, says Newsom needs to manage forest better Jimmy Kimmel hits Trump for rallies while hosting Emmy Awards MORE's immigration plan, warning it would break up families.

“We welcome the administration’s proposal to include a path to citizenship for Dreamers. However, the proposed cuts to family immigration and elimination of protections to unaccompanied children are deeply troubling,” Bishop Joe Vásquez said, according to the Catholic News Service.

Vásquez also serves as the chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Migration.

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“Family immigration is part of the bedrock of our country and of our church,” he said.

“Pope Francis states: ‘The family is the foundation of coexistence and a remedy against social fragmentation.’ Upholding and protecting the family unit, regardless of its national origins, is vital to our faith.”

The Trump administration last week outlined an immigration proposal that would allow as many as 1.8 million "Dreamers," immigrants who came to the U.S. illegally as children, to seek citizenship in exchange for border security measures and cuts to legal immigration.

The plan calls for new restrictions on "chain migration," which is the term the administration uses for family-based immigration. U.S. citizens and permanent residents would only be able to sponsor their immediate family members to come to the United States. Other relatives, such as parents and siblings, would be excluded.

The framework also calls for an end to the visa lottery system, which is designed to promote immigration from countries with low levels of immigration to the U.S.

The debate over immigration has come to a head because Trump is ending the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which allows certain immigrants to legally work and go to school here.