Civil and legal rights groups are urging solidarity, courage and action as months of organizing are about to culminate in midterm elections Nov. 3. In webinars, church gatherings, bus tours and public rallies, voting rights advocates say Americans can stand…
Cuban pastor’s son detained by ICE after entering US legally, taking sanctuary
The 19-year-old son of a Cuban Baptist pastor has been held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement since June, and advocates fear he could be jailed if deported to Cuba.
Appeals court revives suit against immigration enforcement
A federal appeals court has revived a lawsuit filed by FaithWorks and more than two dozen other religious organizations to prevent immigration enforcement actions in houses of worship and other sensitive locations. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District…
Traveling crosses remember those who died in immigration custody, ICE operations
More than 100 white wooden crosses stand in solemn rows outside Chicago churches, bearing the names, ages and countries of origin of immigrants who died in U.S. immigration custody or during enforcement operations. Among them are names of people from…
Trove of documents shows Trump plans to subvert midterms
Ongoing legal developments are casting light on the disturbing lengths the Trump administration is willing to go to subvert the November midterms. Democracy Forward announced Oct. 7 its receipt of records from Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement…
These people would all be alive if it weren’t for ICE
I’ve written before about my involvement with an interfaith clergy coalition in Dallas. Since May 2025, we’ve held constant vigil with people of faith outside the Dallas ICE Field Office. Last week, we held a special vigil. Sept. 24 marked…
Trump Admin Trying to Deport Anti-Zionist Hasidic Jew “Home” to Israel
The Trump administration is trying to deport Yehonatan Ovadia, a Satmar Hasidic religious teacher in Rockland County, New York. His alleged offense: taking part in a 2023 protest against an Israeli flag flown outside a town hall. Ovadia, who says…
Man shot by ICE in Austin now charged with assault
The unarmed immigrant ICE officers shot in the back while he was driving for DoorDash in Texas last week now has been charged criminally with assaulting, resisting, interfering and impeding a federal officer. His immigration attorney says the Trump administration…
When you vote, remember Wilber Rafael Garces Perez
On Sunday afternoon, I was in Dallas preparing for our FaithWorks board meeting. I had just left Royal Lane Baptist Church and a screening of Jesus Was a Migrant, a film featuring our work, when I saw a notification of…
The corruption of US immigration enforcement
The single most corrupt thing so far about the current United States federal government under this president is the corruption of the immigration enforcement bureaucracy. There are many competitors for this sad award, but at the level of government policy,…
Seven Vermont Clergy Arrested While Protesting ICE Targeting Center
Seven faith leaders were arrested in Williston, Vermont, on Friday morning (Sept. 4), for blockading the entrances to a building where workers help immigration agents target their efforts, with the clergy insisting their faith compels them to oppose President Donald…
Trump admin must prove it didn’t violate injunction against Baptist church
The Trump administration must prove to a federal judge that its surveillance of a Baptist church and other congregations did not violate an injunction barring the government’s clandestine efforts. U.S. District Judge Dennis Saylor in Massachusetts scheduled a Sept. 4…