immigration

I Went to the U.S.-Mexico Border: This Is What I Really Saw

Thursday, February 20, 2020

I recently went to the border and what I found was both remarkable and disheartening. Remarkable in that I was able to see firsthand the care and compassion demonstrated by our Border Patrol and Customs officers—the task is enormous. And disheartening because these truths are not being adequately told to the American people and, instead, are being twisted for political gain.

Faith Groups Sue Trump Administration over Refugee Resettlement Order

Monday, November 25, 2019

The federal government is facing a new lawsuit this week after three faith-based groups found that the Trump administration's block on refugee resettlement violated the constitution.

DACA and the Supreme Court: No Issue Is Purely Political

Wednesday, November 13, 2019

In recent years, both political parties have shifted talking points on immigration and now effectively hold positions dictated by their most extreme members. Any hope for a legislative solution seems impossible. Rulings by various federal courts against the White House only have entrenched the stalemate.

Supreme Court to Hear Oral Arguments on Trump's Decision to End DACA

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Tuesday on President Donald Trump’s decision to end the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

New Rules Will Limit How Many Immigrants Are Eligible for Green Cards

Tuesday, August 13, 2019

The Trump Administration announced a new rule that would make it more difficult for immigrants who have received public assistance to get green cards.

ICE Releases 300 Illegal Immigrants after Leaving Immigrant Children Parentless

Monday, August 12, 2019

Immigration and Customs Enforcement says 300 workers who were detained last week in a raid in Mississippi have been released after the children of many of the workers reportedly came home from their first day of school to find their parents had been detained.

Do Immigrants Fit Into the Local Church? How Refugees Belong in the Body of Christ

Monday, August 12, 2019

Did you know the significant majority of immigrants in the United States (whether present lawfully or not) self-identify as Christians?

ELCA Declares Self a ‘Sanctuary Church Body,’ Marches to ICE Building in Milwaukee

Friday, August 9, 2019

More than 500 years ago, a monk named Martin Luther nailed 95 theses outlining his grievances with the Roman Catholic Church to the door of a church in Wittenberg, Germany.

U.S. Should Decriminalize Illegal Border Crossings, Warren Says During Democratic Debate

Wednesday, July 31, 2019

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren backed the decriminalization of illegal border crossings while Sen. Bernie Sanders supported giving illegal immigrants free health care during the first night of the Democratic debate Tuesday in Detroit.

Trump Aims to Protect Persecuted Christians, but Some Aren’t Sure He’s Helping

Friday, July 26, 2019

Just weeks into President Trump’s first term, David Brody of the Christian Broadcasting Network asked the businessman-turned-politician whether he would make the plight of Christians facing religious persecution abroad a priority of his administration.