Sister Norma Pimentel wants Americans to see children held in detention centers along the U.S.-Mexico border as human beings. Although she has been persecuted by other conservative Christians and even her fellow Catholics — like Texas Gov. Greg Abbott —…
Bonhoeffer’s true vision with the growing threats to immigrant populations
Eric Metaxas is not a historian, and many theologians and historians have described his work on Dietrich Bonhoeffer as more than problematic. Metaxas ironically has tried to turn Bonhoeffer into some type of right-wing hero, even though he stood up…
There’s a Crazy Index for Donald Trump
Is it just me or is Donald Trump getting crazier by the day? How is it possible for a man who is a congenital liar, a convicted felon, a con man and a fraud who happens to be emotionally and…
Here’s the data to show why Trump’s migrant numbers are lies
A nonpartisan immigration think tank has issued a report challenging misleading and false claims about immigrants prevalent in the presidential campaign season, including the frequent lie that up 20 million undocumented people live in the U.S. Republican candidate Donald Trump…
Baptist Press compares GOP and Democratic platforms to SBC resolutions, and there are some surprises
It should come as a surprise to exactly no one that the platform of the Republican Party aligns more closely with resolutions passed by the Southern Baptist Convention than does the platform of the Democratic Party. What might be surprising,…
Proposed bill to help welcome asylum seekers hailed by human rights groups
Human rights groups are lining up in support of new legislation designed to help states and cities welcome asylum seekers and refugees into local communities. The Destination Reception Assistance Act, introduced in Congress July 30, seeks to expand the federal…
Welcoming refugees is an opportunity for churches to practice the ministry of hospitality
As heated debates about immigration continue on the national stage, it is more important than ever for Christians to practice compassion to the vulnerable and the stranger — to shape the conversation around immigration toward greater hospitality instead of being…
Another Paxton attack on migrant ministries in El Paso stopped by a judge
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s investigation of faith-based migrant shelters suffered another blow when a state judge exempted a Catholic Charities director from having to give a deposition. Paxton sought to question Sister Norma Pimentel, executive director of Catholic Charities…
Project 2025’s plan for mass deportations would make food prices soar
The percentage of Americans who want immigration levels to decrease has risen sharply in the past year despite the nation’s urgent need for foreign-born workers in agricultural and other labor industries. A Gallup poll released this month found 55% of…
The theology behind the Christian nationalist view on immigration
The second night of the Republican National Convention focused on the party’s No. 1 issue — immigration. Donald Trump scuttled a bipartisan Senate bill on immigration and border security just so he could campaign on the immigration crisis at America’s…
Being holistically ‘pro-life’ is about more than abortion, Vineyard pastor says
Many evangelicals oppose abortion while supporting the death penalty because churches have failed to teach what it means to be holistically pro-life, Ohio minister Rich Nathan said during a webinar hosted by Equal Justice USA. Nathan is the founding pastor…
You only leave home when home won’t let you stay
no one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark you only run for the border when you see the whole city running as well your neighbors running faster than you breath bloody in their throats the boy…