Border Justice Cause Brings Unlikely Religious Groups Together In Defense Of Migrant Children
Yasmine Hafiz
Though immigration is a polarizing issue, the plight of migrant children at the southern border of the United States is so dire that an unlikely assortment of faith groups have found themselves standing on the same side of the fence.
The complex political calculations surrounding the border crisis fade when leaders come face to face with the many unaccompanied children detained by the Border Patrol, leading some religious leaders to conclude that the current situation is fundamentally a moral one. Many of the migrants, mostly from Central America, are fleeing violence and poverty in their home countries, meaning that their deportation could lead to their deaths.
Russell Moore, a leader in the conservative Southern Baptist Convention, visited a Customs and Border Protection detention facility in McAllen, Texas, on Tuesday, leading him to conclude, “What is not complex is the truth and the reality that these children are created in the image of God."
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