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Seeing Jesus in the migrants at the border
By Alan Cross — June 27, 2019
(RNS) — Jesus saw Óscar and Valeria. Jesus saw the woman and the three little children who died in the desert. He sees all of the crowds of migrants, harassed and helpless and fleeing from a home they can no longer stay in to journey to a place they have never been. He wants us to see them too.
Lutherans gather in prayer for student pastor reportedly arrested by ICE
By Emily McFarlan Miller — May 15, 2019
CHICAGO (RNS) — The Rev. Paul Erickson, bishop of the ELCA’s Greater Milwaukee Synod, said the student pastor’s arrest may be 'legal, but it is immoral.'
ICE’s War on Christmas
By Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove — November 30, 2018
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) — In 2018 the 'War on Christmas' is an assault led by President Trump and justified by his evangelical enablers.
Sanctuary churches’ rocky relations with ICE strained after arrest of undocumented man
By Yonat Shimron — November 29, 2018
(RNS) — Churches that provide sanctuary to people at risk of deportation are doubling down on security and wondering how best to deal with ICE.
For ICE detainees, access to clergy is infrequent or absent altogether, rights groups say
By Tom Verde — October 25, 2018
(RNS) — For detainees, comfort from clergy and faith in God are often the only glimmers of hope in a climate of deep despair.
Faith-based groups turn up the heat on ICE
By Yonat Shimron — June 27, 2018
(RNS) — Religious groups are just the latest to champion the idea of killing the agency. The effort has already gained traction among several congressional candidates plus four sitting members of Congress, all Democrats.
Judge grants Christian Indonesians time to fight deportation
By Jerome Socolovsky — February 2, 2018
BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge says 50 Indonesians living illegally in New Hampshire must be given time to reopen their immigration cases and argue that the conditions in their home country have changed.
Judge blocks deportation of Chaldeans and other Iraqis
By Niraj Warikoo — June 22, 2017
DETROIT (Detroit Free Press) Supporters say the immigrants would face persecution in Iraq since many of them are Christians.
Chaldeans in US: Why aren’t more Christians speaking out against deportations to Iraq?
By Lauren Markoe — June 15, 2017
(RNS) They're frustrated by evangelicals who have expressed outrage over the persecution of Christians in the Middle East but who have been silent about the Chaldeans who face deportation.
Sanctuary for the undocumented comes with legal consequences
By Kimberly Winston — March 17, 2017
(RNS) Some religious leaders are preaching caution rather than participation.
Dem invites Methodist pastor who defends immigrants to Trump’s speech
By Lauren Markoe — February 28, 2017
(RNS) The Rev. Keary Kincannon has publicly decried a roundup of immigrants across the street from his church.
Religious groups, leaders respond to new immigration policies
By Kimberly Winston — February 22, 2017
(RNS) One faith leader called the new policies 'malicious,' and another deemed them 'violent.'
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