Hundreds of churches offer sanctuary to undocumented migrants after election

[babylonsister]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/27/undocumented-immigrations-us-churches-sanctuary-trump

Hundreds of churches offer sanctuary to undocumented migrants after election

Growing number of synagogues as well as two dozen cities offer protection amid threat of deportation under Trump administration
Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent
@harrietsherwood
Sunday 27 November 2016 07.00 EST
Last modified on Sunday 27 November 2016 07.01 EST


Hundreds of churches in the US have said they are willing to provide sanctuary for undocumented migrants threatened with deportation following the election of Donald Trump as president.

About 300 churches nationally have come forward in the past two weeks, according to the Philadelphia-based New Sanctuary Movement. It has also seen the number of people in the city registering as volunteers for its “sanctuary in the streets” programme rise from 65 to more than 1,000 since the election.

The Church World Service estimates 400 churches nationwide are willing to open their doors to people at risk of deportation. A growing number of synagogues are also involved in actions to prevent deportations.

Meanwhile, about two dozen cities – including New York, Chicago, Seattle, Philadelphia and Los Angeles – have declared themselves “sanctuary cities”, with mayors pledging to refuse to cooperate with federal immigration orders that could lead to deportations. Trump has said he will block federal funding to such cities.

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Pedemonti said he could not “wrap my head around” the fact that 81% of white Christian evangelicals backed Trump in the election. “I don’t understand how a Christian can vote for a person whose policies so blatantly contradict the Bible’s teaching to love your neighbour.”

[Hoyt]

1. I cannot imagine the fear they live in right now. Same for people on Obamacare.

I believe it will work out in the end, but who can be sure. Maybe we'll end up with a Reagan type amnesty program. But we could end up with millions of immigrants who have been here for years -- living decent lives and contributing to our country -- being herded into cattle cars.

[babylonsister]

2. I would really

like to think we would not tolerate cattle cars, but I never thought we'd have to tolerate trump, so what do I know?