family separation
Faith-based groups cheer, share hopes for Biden’s family reunification task force
By Emily McFarlan Miller — February 2, 2021
(RNS) — The White House announced the task force Tuesday morning (Feb. 2) as part of a number of immigration-related executive actions President Joe Biden was expected to take that day.
‘You’ve got to call out evil,’ says pastor of church with Nativity scene separated in cages
By Alejandra Molina and Aysha Khan — December 13, 2019
CLAREMONT, Calif. (RNS) — Claremont United Methodist Church is taking security measures after its Nativity scene showing Jesus, Mary and Joseph as refugees in cages has garnered widespread attention.
As immigrants come north, ‘Let Our Families Go’ caravan heads for border tent city
By Eric Berger — November 14, 2018
(RNS) — The goal of the trip, an organizer said, is to 'raise our voices and ensure that indefinite detention of asylum seekers does not happen.'
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.
Jeff Sessions cleared in church complaint, perplexing some top Methodists
By Jack Jenkins — August 9, 2018
(RNS) — The dismissal of the case, several bishops and other leaders say, makes an unfounded distinction between personal behavior and political actions.
For American Muslims, family border separations are personal
By Aysha Khan — July 18, 2018
(RNS) — They say it takes a village to raise a child. In Tampa, Fla., a community of Muslims wants to raise 2,300 migrant children until they can be reunited with their families. Here's why.
Catholic bishops end border trip by suggesting alternative to family detention
By Jack Jenkins — July 3, 2018
(RNS) — A group of prominent Catholic bishops concluded a two-day fact-finding visit to the U.S.-Mexico border on Monday, capping an emotional trip that included ministering to children who are separated from their parents.
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