Faith-Based Immigrant Rights Activist Faces Threat of Deportation
Ravi Ragbir has helped thousands of immigrants as the co-founder of New Sanctuary Coalition. Now he faces the threat of deportation.
The True Story of Two Immigrants Seeking Asylum in the U.S. & the Pastor Who’s Helping Them
Michael Wangai (not his real name) has been in U.S. immigration “detention” since August 2019. The only crime he has committed is seeking political asylum in the United States with a certainty that if he returns to his home country of Kenya, he will be
ICE Apprehension on Church Grounds Violated Federal Policy, Say Faith Leaders
Prominent faith leaders are condemning the apprehension of an undocumented immigrant on church grounds by federal officials, arguing the action violates a government policy that discourages agents from raiding “sensitive locations” such as churches, hospitals, and schools.
ICE Arrested Undocumented Immigrant on Church Grounds
Federal agents lied to a Christian immigrant from Indonesia and then arrested the man on the grounds of Glenmont United Methodist Church in Silver Spring, Maryland. Now ICE plans to deport him, separating him from his family. Read full piece
Pastor Surveilled After Ministering to Migrants Sues US Government
(RNS) — A prominent Manhattan pastor has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that U.S. officials violated her religious freedom when she was put on a watchlist over her ministry to migrants at the border.
Growing Numbers of Immigrants Are Taking Refuge in Churches
For the last six months, Clive and Oneita Thompson and their two children have been doing familiar routines in an unfamiliar place.For the Thompsons, a move into a United Methodist Church in order to avoid deportation means sharing space with strangers.