Months of surveys reveal an American Latino and general population increasingly opposed to President Donald Trump’s mass-deportation agenda and overall approach to immigration, a group of pollsters said during a recent press briefing. And a deteriorating U.S. economy hasn’t helped…
More Americans believe Trump is ‘dangerous dictator’
An increasing number of Americans consider Donald Trump a threat to democracy and even more believe the nation is headed in the wrong direction, according to a new study by Public Religion Research Institute. PRRI’s 17th annual American Values Survey,…
Florida churches turn backpack drives into a gateway to immigration advocacy
When a Florida Christian organization created an initiative to provide backpacks full of necessities and comfort items to children whose parents have been detained or deported by federal immigration officials, its goal was twofold.
White supremacy 101: From Ilhan Omar to refugees to asylum seekers
Will any Republican in Congress challenge the Trump administration’s illegal and unconstitutional assault on a sitting member of the U.S. House of Representatives? For the past 20 months, the silence of Republicans in Congress — and evangelical pastors in pulpits…
Trump administration announces plan to remove resettled refugees
The Trump administration is laying the groundwork to detain and deport refugees lawfully resettled in the United States. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services posted an interim final rule reducing the amount of time individuals can contest the termination of their…
SBC president is siding with Trump over Jesus on immigration
The Southern Baptist Convention appears to be returning to its deeply oppressive and problematic roots. This past week, the new president of the SBC, Willy Rice, in an interview with Fox News, encouraged people to go out and vote. And…
Federal investigation documents inhumanity of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
Detainees at the now-closed “Alligator Alcatraz” in Florida were kept in “inhumane” living conditions that included lack of clean water and enclosures small enough to violate human health and safety standards, according to a new federal report. The study was…
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…
American Baptists offering aid to distressed Haitians
American Baptist Churches USA has administered tens of thousands of dollars in emergency assistance to Haitian communities besieged by federal immigration actions since losing Temporary Protected Status. The denomination’s American Baptist Home Mission Societies announced it has provided $135,000 through…
Do not become numb to the cruelty of this administration
Another day and another news report of Trump administration cruelty related to immigrants and immigration policies. Yesterday it was 2-year-olds left to represent themselves before immigration judges. Today it was another hard-working immigrant legally living in the United States snatched…
Welcoming immigrants while securing our border
Immigration and this administration’s handling of it don’t seem to go away. Recently, ICE agents unlawfully detained San Diego Padres catching coordinator Oswaldo Pirela, accusing him of unlawfully overstaying a visa. It seems like this sort of thing should not happen in…
The plight of Christian immigrants
Earlier this year, I went to New York City for a ministry trip where we prayed with people and gave out food through a food distribution center in Queens. While I was there, I was able to talk to quite…