WASHINGTON — Several evangelical leaders sent a letter of concern to President Donald Trump on June 1 urging the administration to reconsider its policy on separating immigrant children from their families, saying the policy eliminates discretion in decision-making.
Signatories to the letter include Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, along with leaders of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, World Relief, the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, the Wesleyan Church and Korean Churches for Community Development/Faith and Community Empowerment, The Christian Post reported.
The leaders urge Trump to reconsider a “horrible,” “zero tolerance” policy that has led to an increase in immigrant children being separated from their families who entered the country illegally. The Washington Post has reported that the number of migrant children being held in U.S. custody without their parents increased 21 percent in May. Around 1,500 migrant children seized at the border are unaccounted for, according to Health and Human Services official Steven Wagner. (TAB)
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