Members of a Mennonite church in San Antonio, Texas, face increased fear and uncertainty after a member — a mother of four who entered the United States legally — was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in late May.
We lament that the current system in the United States is fundamentally broken and unjust.
The coordinator of the World Council of Churches’ Jerusalem Liaison Office is the 2025 recipient of the Menno Simons Sermon Award.
It’s not only American university professors, scientists, researchers, doctors and nurses who are contemplating moving to Canada because of the political situation in the United States. Clergy are, too.
A federal judge declined a request on April 11 to block immigration agents from conducting enforcement operations at places of worship while a lawsuit filed by religious groups works its way through the court system.
Even before Donald Trump put his hardline views on undocumented immigration into practice, Isaac Villegas cut his teeth ministering to immigrants.
On Feb. 11, Mennonite Church USA joined with 26 other religious groups in a lawsuit against the federal government. The suit challenges the Trump administration’s decision to reverse the Department of Homeland Security’s “sensitive locations” policy that had restricted Immigration and Customs Enforcement from conducting immigration raids at houses of worship.
Maria will have a difficult decision to make in September when her legal documents allowing her to live in the United States expire.