Miriam, Immigrant Asylum Seeker, June 26, 2018
“It is very sad to separate us from our children.
You have to be a parent to know the pain to lose a child.”
‘When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them.
The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born.
Love them as yourself’
Dept. of Homeland Security, September 2017
“Successful illegal [immigrant] entries fell
91 percent between 2000 and 2016.”
“So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
Let us behave decently … not in dissension and jealousy.”
President Donald Trump, May 16, 2018
“You wouldn’t believe how bad these people are.
These aren’t people. These are animals.”
“You are to love those who are foreigners,
for you yourselves were foreigners in Egypt.”
Senator Elijah Cummings (D-MD), June 19, 2018
“We should be able to agree we will not keep kids
in child internment camps indefinitely and hidden away from public view.
What country is that?”
“Jesus said, ‘Let the little children come to me,
and do not hinder them,
for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.’ ”
Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, U.S. Catholic Bishops’ Conference,
June 13, 2018“Families are the foundational element of our society
and they must be able to stay together.
Separating babies from their mothers is not the answer and is immoral.”
“Children are a heritage from the Lord”
Rev. Alan Cross, Southern Baptist Convention, June 12, 2018
“We love these people [immigrants],
they’re made in God’s image, we should care for them,
we don’t want families to be separated.”
“We must help the weak and remember
the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said,
‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”
J.D. Greear, President, Southern Baptist Convention, June 11, 2018
“We believe that [Jesus] … is the Christ, the son of the living God,
that salvation is found in him,
not in the Republican platform or the Democratic platform”
“Salvation is found in no one else,
for there is no other name under heaven
given to mankind by which we must be saved.”
US Health and Human Services, May 30, 2018
“DHHS is holding 10,773 migrant children in custody —
up 21% from the 8,886 it was holding a month earlier.”
“Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved,
compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience”
Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), June 5, 2018
“Make no mistake about it.
It is President Trump’s policies
that are separating families at the border.”
“Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.”
