What did people of faith have to say about immigration last week?

The immigration debate is reframing the religious concept of helping your neighbor via NPR

STANLEY CARLSON-THIES: I think we have to be very careful, though, in our imperfect world, to think that I can't assist my neighbor until all these other things are perfect, partly because they're never going to be perfect. When Jesus talked about loving our neighbor, he didn't say, yeah, go ahead and do that once your family has a million dollars in the bank.

DEROSE: And, Ayesha, a question that I'll be keeping my eye on is how people of faith who've supported Donald Trump respond to these policies, since it does represent a significant shift in what had been long-standing Republican support for faith-based groups getting this kind of funds to care for their neighbors.

Some evangelical leaders challenge Trump's immigration and foreign aid policies amid calls for unity via NBC

Salguero, a pastor at The Gathering Place, a Latino-led multiethnic church in Orlando, Florida, said teachers who go to his church have told him about the fear and anxiety they’re seeing among students from families with mixed immigration status since Trump signed a flurry of immigration-related executive orders on ending birthright citizenship and rescinding policies that limited immigration enforcement actions in sensitive places like schools, churches and hospitals.

Kim and Salguero said they believe the policy changes making churches vulnerable to immigration raids should be reconsidered because they’re curtailing the religious freedom of their congregations.

Trump's immigration orders rebuked by Christian leaders via Axios

Provisions within Trump's executive orders "are deeply troubling and will have negative consequences, many of which will harm the most vulnerable among us," Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said in a statement.

The Episcopal Church denounced Trump's family separation policy, and said it will "continue to provide practical pathways to protect the most vulnerable among us."

Nevada religious leaders write open letter to politicians advocating for immigration reform

“The Archdiocese of Las Vegas is committed to upholding the dignity and respect of all individuals, and we discourage any efforts that indiscriminately target our faith communities, whether these actions occur in workplaces or places of worship.”