immigration
Evangelical asylum-seekers stuck in Mexico hold prayer vigil for the US election
By Bob Smietana — November 6, 2020
(RNS) — 'Their lives and the lives of the children depend on the outcome of the election,' said Alma Ruth, founder of the Texas-based Practice Mercy Foundation.
Rohingya American voters ‘grateful,’ ‘excited’ to cast ballots for the first time in Chicago
By Emily McFarlan Miller — October 21, 2020
CHICAGO (RNS) — About a dozen Rohingya refugees voted for the first time Tuesday (Oct. 20) at an early voting site in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood.
Border Patrol agents raid faith-based immigrant aid camp for second time in two months
By Jack Jenkins — October 7, 2020
(RNS) — The Unitarian Universalist group successfully sued the federal government over previous raids, arguing that helping migrants equated to exercising UU members’ ‘sincerely held religious beliefs.’
Calling all women: It’s time to take our stand together against tyranny and injustice
By Faith in Public Life — September 30, 2020
(RNS) — Every holy text we follow, from the Quran, Torah and Bible to the teachings of the Guru Granth Sahib, demands a moral obligation to the most marginalized people in society.
How corrosive politics make us all less safe
By Simran Jeet Singh — September 25, 2020
(RNS) — As we vote on our future, America needs to draw on its diverse strengths to solve the problems that confront us all.
How a Sean Feucht worship service convinced me I am no longer an evangelical
By D.L. Mayfield — September 23, 2020
(RNS) — I was surrounded by people who truly believed they were proclaiming the good news. Yet on the edges of their concert, young people of color were begging for them to listen to their grief instead of singing over it.
Priest supports whistleblower allegations at ICE facility as Christian leaders weigh in
By Emily McFarlan Miller — September 23, 2020
(RNS) — Sister Simone Campbell and the presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America are among those calling for Homeland Security to investigate allegations of neglect and a high rate of hysterectomies at an immigrant detention center.
ICE apprehension on church grounds violated federal policy, say faith leaders
By Jack Jenkins — September 21, 2020
BALTIMORE (RNS) — The incident is the latest example of escalating tensions between faith-based sanctuary movement activists and the Trump administration.
Study: Liberal congregations more politically active than conservative ones
By Yonat Shimron — September 18, 2020
(RNS) — The willingness of left-leaning religious congregations to engage in political activity has spiked in the Trump era, new research shows.
More than 300 faith leaders call on Trump, Republican delegates to change immigration policies
By Jack Jenkins — August 25, 2020
(RNS) — The letter is one of several initiatives launched by liberal religious groups in recent weeks, with political faith groups launching initiatives and even teaming up with secular groups to criticize the Trump administration ahead of the November election.
President Trump kept his promises. That’s why, as a Catholic, I want four more years
By Teresa S. Collett — August 24, 2020
(RNS) — As a Catholic who embraces the Church’s teaching on the innate value of every human life, the primacy of faith, the dignity of work, the importance of public order and the need for mercy to temper justice, I am very comfortable supporting the reelection of our president.
Masue Katayama: Changing nursing care industry in Japan with kindness
By Magdalena Rojo — August 20, 2020
(RNS) — Inspired by her Catholic faith, the ‘social entrepreneur’ is not only one of Japan’s few female CEOs but one of the most innovative providers of elderly care in the world.
For Italy’s Muslims, few places to pray and fewer places to bury COVID-19 dead
By Lorenzo Bagnoli — August 12, 2020
(RNS) — As the pandemic proceeded, the building of Islamic cemeteries became a front in a populist culture war.
Savor and strategize: The SCOTUS decision to protect DACA
By Jim Wallis and Sandy Ovalle — June 26, 2020
(RNS) — It is moments like this that remind us that change is possible and motivate us to not settle for this partial fix.
We reversed Trump’s immigration policy once. We’re back to fight ‘Remain in Mexico.’
By Marlena Graves — June 23, 2020
(RNS) — We are relaunching our campaign for those suffering from the United States’ ‘remain in Mexico’ policy, which effectively allows the Trump administration to wash its hands of asylum-seekers while claiming to be pro-life.
