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Responding to Immigration with Compassion, Not Cruelty
Representative Veronica Escobar reintroduces the Dignity Act, a direct response to the inhumane policies that define the Trump administration’s approach to immigration →
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The Christian Science Monitor – Clergy look to Bible on immigration enforcement. Interpretations can differ.
Clergy members and community activists gather at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport in Minnesota to protest deportation flights and to urge airlines to call for an end to the Department of Homeland Security's operation in the state, Jan. 23, 2026. (Kerem...
The Bulwark – ICE Was Terrorizing Worshipers Long Before Don Lemon Entered a Church
Cites Church on January 22, 2026 in St. Paul, Minnesota. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images) In Minneapolis, where another pastor had a gun pointed at him by federal agents, church grounds have been targeted since ICE and CBP invaded the city. Evangelical pastor...
Newsweek – Minnesota Church Volunteer Detained By ICE At Immigration Appointment
Alexander William Tique-Marin, a volunteer who spent his Mondays handing out free groceries at a church food distribution in Burnsville, Minnesota, was detained by federal agents during what was supposed to be a routine immigration appointment. Minneapolis-based...
Baptist News Global – Talarico: ‘If you are neutral, you are taking the side of the powerful’
James Talarico speaks at a campaign rally (Photo provided by Talarico for Senate campaign) Progressive people of faith must demonstrate how religion can inspire opposition to Christian nationalism and the Trump administration’s efforts to undermine democracy, James...
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James Talarico just won — we’re ready to get working in Texas
Friends, Last night, James Talarico — a Common Good candidate — won the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Texas. Now we go to work. We've been working with James’ campaign since the Fall. We saw what happened when more than 1,000...
Troops told Trump’s war is “anointed by Jesus”
Friends, We are now facing militarized Christian Nationalism. On Monday morning, as U.S. and Israeli bombs were falling on Tehran, a combat unit commander stood before his noncommissioned officers for a briefing. He told them Trump’s war on...
Trump launched a war on Iran. His justification will stun you
Friends, While America was sleeping and without the approval of Congress, Donald Trump launched a war on Iran. From Mar-a-Lago, he released a video confirming "major combat operations in Iran," citing "imminent threats" to justify the strikes. The...
ICE is detaining babies. The recordings are out
Friends, This November, the people who built these detention centers and locked babies inside them are going to ask voters to keep them in power. We’re going to make sure that doesn’t happen. These aren't calls from a war zone. These calls are from...
ICE left Minnesota. Now it’s in your local police department
Friends, Yesterday, the ACLU released a report that every one of you needs to hear about. When Operation Metro Surge ended in Minnesota, many people exhaled. And honestly, that made sense. Two months of sustained pressure from faith communities,...
Team Trump is moving to ban mail-in voting
Friends, Today, the Washington Post broke a story I've been dreading. Pro-Trump activists are circulating a 17-page draft executive order — they say they're doing it in coordination with the White House. And if Trump signs it, it could be the most...