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Faith-based organizations concerned about immigration policy landscape

By Aleja Hertzler-McCain — February 8, 2024

(RNS) — ‘You’re not going to solve anything at the border when you start from the premise that migration is a threat to our country or that migrants are people to be feared,’ said Dylan Corbett, executive director of Hope Border Institute.

Conservative PAC sues Biden administration, targeting nuns, liberal Catholics in records request

By Jack Jenkins — February 10, 2022

WASHINGTON (RNS) — Among those targeted is Sister Norma Pimentel, a nun who serves undocumented immigrants along the U.S.-Mexico border and has been described as the pope’s ‘favorite nun.’

At Border Mosque, a Muslim prayer is shared across the US-Mexico divide

By Alejandra Molina — October 28, 2019

PLAYAS DE TIJUANA, Mexico (RNS) — Imam Omar Suleiman led a binational prayer Sunday (Oct. 27) at Friendship Park, a historic meeting place on the US-Mexico border that overlooks the Pacific Ocean between San Diego and Tijuana.

‘Border Church’ and ‘Border Mosque’ team up for prayer service

By Alejandra Molina — October 23, 2019

SAN DIEGO (RNS) — After praying together for months at the U.S.-Mexico border, local Muslims and Christians will host an interfaith, binational prayer service on Sunday (Oct. 27) at Friendship Park, where families separated by immigration status have gathered to share time.

Faith groups celebrate holiday season by descending on the border

By Jack Jenkins — December 21, 2018

(RNS) — Religious Americans are descending on the U.S. border with Mexico, some to learn about the issues and others to express solidarity with immigrants.

Questions remain for faith-based agencies as border crisis passes

By Emily McFarlan Miller — August 15, 2018

(RNS) — Providing support to separated families is one way faith-based agencies normally tasked with welcoming refugees got involved in the crisis at the border.

Arizona clergy call activists to support migrants on border

By Anita Snow — August 4, 2018

The activists will set out shortly after sunrise Sunday to leave one-gallon (3.79 liters) jugs of water along trails frequented by migrants in the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge near Ajo, Arizona.

Tears, hugs and help: Church groups assist reunited families

By Nomaan Merchant — July 29, 2018

The government is releasing hundreds of families to faith-based groups and leaving the groups to care for them.

Church ‘detains’ Jesus, Mary, Joseph to protest Trump’s immigration policy

By Faith E. Pinho — July 3, 2018

INDIANAPOLIS (USA Today) — The caged holy family protests President Trump's zero-tolerance policy, which has resulted in holding families arrested near the U.S.-Mexico border in detention centers, said the dean of the cathedral.

Keep kids with parents at border — and remember how we got here

By Tony Perkins — June 28, 2018

(RNS) — If the executive order survives the courts, it will undoubtedly be more compassionate than previous policies, which enticed parents and other adults attempting illegal crossings to subject children to the dangers of the desert, the division of families and even death.

Donations, volunteering surge at border asylum-seeker center

By Manuel Valdes — June 25, 2018

The immigrant respite center run by Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley has received so many boxes that it had to rent additional storage space.

More than 600 United Methodists file formal church complaint against Jeff Sessions

By Jack Jenkins — June 19, 2018

(RNS) — More than 600 United Methodist clergy and laypeople have signed a formal denominational complaint against fellow United Methodist Attorney General Jeff Sessions, condemning his role in the Trump administration's border policy.

600 United Methodists file church complaint against Jeff Sessions