Advocacy
MSNBC (Op-Ed): The DHS is blasphemously quoting Bible verses to defend deporting migrants
Ostentatious religiosity is often an attempt to overcompensate for some decidedly less-divine behavior. The Trump administration’s draconian deportation regime’s defending such evil with Bible verses is a recent example of this timeless tradition.
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Interfaith Alliance Calls on DOJ to Prosecute ICE Cruelty
Interfaith Alliance joined over forty civil-rights groups in urging the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division to independently investigate recent federal shootings of civilians by immigration agents, and shortly after DOJ announced a civil-rights probe into the Minneapolis killing of Alex Pretti by federal officers
The Trump Administration’s Latest Attacks on Immigrants Threaten Religious Freedom
A Texas Episcopal priest’s detention by ICE is a concerning development in the midst of the Trump administration's attack on religious freedom. It shows how unchecked enforcement threatens our faith communities and furthers an already eroding public trust.