Lawsuit filed on behalf of Guatemalan migrant mother in Boston,
June 27, 2018“In an act of unmitigated cruelty, when Ms. Gonzalez-Garcia
was told that her daughter would be taken from her,
an [ICE] officer said, ‘Happy Mother’s Day.’ ”
“What does the Lord require of you but to do justice,
and to love kindness,
and to walk humbly with your God?”
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.”
Former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, Twitter, May 25, 2018
“What is more shameful than forcibly separating, in America,
parents from infant children at the border?
“ ‘See that you do not despise one of these little ones.
For I tell you that in heaven their angels
always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.’ ”
Reclaiming Jesus, February 14, 2018
“It is time to be followers of Jesus before anything else—
nationality, political party, race, ethnicity, gender, geography—
our identity in Christ precedes every other identity.”
“By this everyone will know that you are my disciples,
if you have love for one another.”
Reclaiming Jesus, February 14, 2018
“Our participation in the global community of Christ
absolutely prevents any toleration of racial bigotry.”
“Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility
count others more significant than yourselves.”
Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, May 16, 2018
“If our leaders seek to conceal the truth,
or we as people become accepting of alternative realities
that are no longer grounded in facts,
then we as American citizens
are on a pathway to relinquishing our freedom.”
“See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit,
according to human tradition,
according to the elemental spirits of the world,
and not according to CHRIST.”
USA Today, May 3, 2018
“Donald Trump Acknowledges Stormy Daniels Payment”
“But a man who commits adultery has no sense;
whoever does so destroys himself.”
Senator John McCain (R-AZ), The Restless Wave, May 2018
“[President Trump’s] lack of empathy for refugees, innocent,
persecuted, desperate men, women and children is disturbing.
The way he speaks about them is appalling.”
“Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.”
Donald Trump, Today Show, March 22, 2016
“Waterboarding would be fine. If they can expand the laws,
I would do a lot more than waterboarding.”
“ ‘But I say to you who hear, love your enemies,
do good to those who hate you,
bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.’ ”
Wall Street Journal Staff Editorial, May 3, 2018
“Mr. Trump is compiling a record that increases the likelihood that few will believe him during a genuine crisis.
Mr. Trump should worry that Americans
will stop believing anything he says.”
“Do not lie to each other,
since you have taken off your old self with its practices
and have put on the new self”
French President Emmanuel Macron, April 25, 2018
“Both in the United States and in Europe, we are living in a time of fear.
You can play with fear and anger for a time, but they do not
construct anything. Anger only freezes and weakens us.”
“For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control”
Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson,
Farewell speech, March 22, 2018“Never lose sight of your most valuable asset, the most valuable asset you possess: your personal integrity. Only you can relinquish it or allow it to be compromised. Once you’ve done so, it is very, very hard to regain it.”
“Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and
having put on the breastplate of righteousness”
