Evangelical Immigration Table, July 17, 2019
“More than 1,350 evangelical pastors and leaders have signed a letter to the president, vice president and members of Congress, urging them to respect U.S. laws that protect children and families seeking asylum.”
God “enacts justice for orphans and widows, and he loves immigrants, giving them food and clothing.”
Ipsos Poll, July 17, 2019
“Two-thirds (65%) [of Americans] agree that telling minority Americans to “go back to where they came from” is racist.”
“For the whole law is fulfilled in one word:
‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ ”
Office of Inspector General, Dept. of Homeland Security, July 2, 2019
“At one [migrant] facility, some single adults were held in standing-room-only conditions for a week and at another, some single adults were held more than a month in overcrowded cells.”
“Do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, or the poor, and let none of you devise evil against another in your heart.”
Russell Moore, Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, Twitter, June 25, 2019
“The reports of the conditions for migrant children at the border should shock all of our consciences. Those created in the image of God should be treated with dignity and compassion, especially those seeking refuge from violence back home. We can do better than this.”
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.”
