Faith Leaders Oppose Trump's Immigration Policy Of Separating Children From Parents

[Uncle Joe]

A Trump administration policy of separating children from their parents on the U.S. border has prompted a crescendo of criticism among religious leaders.

They span different faiths, denominations and ages. Some of them have also helped the president gain support for his base.

About 11,000 children are in shelters, according to the Office of Refugee Resettlement. Nearly 2,000 children were removed from the care of their parents and taken into federal custody between April 19 and May 31, an immigration official said Friday.

That practice effectively "weaponizes" children, Archbishop of Miami Thomas Wenski told NPR's Weekend Edition on Saturday. "Basically the administration has, in deciding to separate children from their parents, [tried] to weaponize children, using them as a leverage against the parents applying for their asylum applications."

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https://www.npr.org/2018/06/16/620651574/faith-leaders-oppose-trumps-immigration-policy-of-separating-children-from-paren

[msongs]

1. call us when they get their robes wrinkled using their bodies to block camp

entrances. or when they get arrested for storming the gates.

[Uncle Joe]

2. Everything is relative msongs. Their words have greater power DIRECTLY on

a if not the major component of Trump's base.

This is not to take away from the protesters courageous and conscientious actions.

[Judi Lynn]

3. Never thought I'd see an evangelical who has already looked the other way condemn a Trump policy!

Many of his base do seem to follow what the local preachers tell them, not being inclined to think for themselves, for some reason.

This may force some of them to slightly awaken, morally, when their leaders finally speak out against the vicious abuse of families, and their parents who sincerely desperately hope to protect them. That's why the parents are bringing the children, anyway, to protect them.

Hope at least some of these religious right-wingers are going to be moved, somehow, to recognize what kind of monster they've been supporting, and choose the support of life, and human beings above the support of greed and racism and hatred and death.

Thank you, uncle joe, for another helpful dose of information.

[Uncle Joe]

4. That was surprising to me as well.

I believe this to be a significant crack in Trump's base.

Thank you Judi Lynn.