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| Faith & families on the border |
| June 22, 2018 |
Much of the outcry over the separation of families illegally crossing the U.S. border came from people of faith. What nerve did that now-former policy hit? |
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| Many faith leaders, laypeople united against border policy separating families |
June 22, 2018 |
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Over the course of three days this month, the crisis around the separation of children from their families illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border reached a fever pitch, and Pres. Donald Trump issued a new executive order to keep families together. It was a big reversal, and it followed intense public outcry, notably from a broad coalition of people of faith. In a country where the number of people unaffiliated with religious traditions is rising, what role did America’s faith communities have in bringing us to this point?
Jack Jenkins, national reporter with Religion News Service
Emma Green, writer at The Atlantic magazine
Jim Wallis, president and founder of Sojourners movement and magazine |
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| Sessions' invocation of Romans 13 provokes look at history, differing Christian views |
June 22, 2018 |
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions, a conservative Methodist, sparked backlash after he recently cited Biblical scripture to defend a policy of separating children from their parents after illegally crossing the U.S. border. We learn the context of the passage Romans 13, how Christian views differ on its application to this policy, and how it has been used in American history.
Rev. Graylan Hagler of Washington, DC’s Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ
Anthea Butler, an associate professor of religion and Africana studies at the University of Pennsylvania
Mark Tooley, the president of the Institute on Religion and Democracy |
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| Asylum and the border crisis |
June 22, 2018 |
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Asylum has come to the forefront of this latest flashpoint in the immigration debate because of the thousands fleeing violence in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. We learn more about the challenges facing the country’s asylum system and why migrants are coming to the U.S.-Mexico border.
Mark Hetfield, president and CEO of HIAS
Linda Rabben, an associate research professor of anthropology at the University of Maryland
Fr. Sean Carroll, executive director of the Kino Border Initiative and Catholic priest
Fr. Bob Mosher, director of the Columban Mission Center in El Paso, Texas and Catholic priest
Marco Grimaldo, senior associate for Latino engagement at Bread for the World |
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