The Trump administration is proposing a record-breaking reduction to the refugee admittance cap for the 2019 fiscal year.
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People of Faith Urge Trump to Admit More Refugees
With a decision looming on how many refugees to admit into the country, and rumors swirling that the number could drop dramatically from this year’s historic low, people of faith are coming together to ask the Trump administration to instead allow tens of thousands more to enter the United States.
Child Abuse Charges Dismissed in New Mexico Compound Case
Two judges in Taos County, New Mexico dismissed child neglect charges against five people who lived in a remote compound in northern New Mexico.
Undocumented Immigrant Arrested for the Suspected Murder of Iowa College Student
A 24-year-old undocumented immigrant has been charged with first-degree murder in the case.
Questions Remain for Faith-Based Agencies as Border Crisis Passes
To the World Relief volunteers in a mobile welcome center parked outside the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Wash., it was clear that the woman released from the center moments before had been separated from her children while seeking asylum at the United States border with Mexico.
Jeff Sessions Cleared in Church Complaint, Perplexing Some Top Methodists
United Methodist Church officials in Alabama have dismissed a complaint signed by more than 600 church members in July that chided Attorney General Jeff Sessions for implementing the family separation policy along the border and attempting to justify it with Scripture.
10 Things Christians Should Know about Immigration
Hot, dusty episodes of forensic dramas had shown me desperate families crossing the U.S.-Mexico border along with gang members and drug cartels. But the factors that influence international migration worldwide are many, and the reasons undocumented immigrants are present in the States can be as unique as the individuals themselves.
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Church Puts Mary, Joseph and Jesus in Cage to Protest Trump Immigration Policy
An Episcopal church in Indianapolis has placed statues of Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus in an outside cage to protest President Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy of arresting people at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Faith-based Agencies Open Doors to Kids Separated at the Border
In the past few weeks at least two faith-based agencies have sheltered or are currently caring for as many as 171 immigrant children who were separated from their families as a result of the widely condemned policy.
'Suffer the Little Children'--are Kids Just Pawns in the Immigration Crisis?
The Bible is being used by both sides in the current immigration debate. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is quoting Romans 13 on how we should obey the government since it’s been ordained by God.
