Thread: More Than 60 DC Congregations Join Network To Fight Deportation Of Illegals

Posted By Jonah Bennett On 1:12 PM 03/23/2017

More than 60 congregations in Washington, D.C., are banding together to fight President Donald Trump’s plan to deport illegal immigrants.

Foundry United Methodist Church pastor Ginger Gaines-Cirelli announced the creation of the DMV Sanctuary Congregation Network Tuesday, which has the goal of stemming the tide of deportations by providing physical sanctuary to illegals and educating them on their rights, Washington City Paper reports.

“We have seen this administration’s demonizing and fear-driven rhetoric become concrete in ways that deny the humanity and dignity of our immigrant neighbors, friends, co-workers, and family members,” said Gaines-Cirelli.

Numerous Christian denominations joined together for Tuesday’s press conference, in addition to representatives of other faiths.

After the press conference concluded, supporters marched to the White House to loudly signal opposition to Trump’s plan to enforce immigration law.

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, who heads the Washington National Cathedral, participated in the march.

Although the congregations plan to provide physical sanctuary for illegals, the Trump administration is not hampering itself the same way the Obama administration did. In other words, schools and churches are not off-limits to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. Additionally, ICE agents no longer have to abide by the Obama administration’s self-imposed restriction that only illegals convicted of violent crimes should be deported.

The website for the DMV Sanctuary Congregation Network lists multiple ways churches can assist illegals, from accompanying them to ICE check-ins and legal hearings, to hosting families who could face deportation.

“We are a network of congregations in the DC/MD/VA region that are providing support and solidarity to neighbors, friends, and family who fear being detained, deported or profiled,” the group’s Facebook page states. “Our faith will not allow us to permit the criminalization and scapegoating of immigrants and people of color. In the face of hate and discrimination we are committed to showing love, compassion and hospitality.”

http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/23/mo...n-of-illegals/

DC has one of the highest poverty rates in the country. Maybe the Congregations should stand with American Poor in their area and fight for new jobs at higher wages that got to them.

"Foundry United Methodist Church pastor Ginger Gaines-Cirelli announced the creation of the DMV Sanctuary Congregation Network Tuesday, which has the goal of stemming the tide of deportations by providing physical sanctuary to illegals and educating them on their rights, Washington City Paper reports."


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These Churches are NOT above the Law. All Churches need to lose their Tax-Exempt Status and start filling the taxpayer coffers who are FORCED to pay for their ideology!

They do not believe in birth control...yet WE foot the bill for the millions of unwanted kids living in poverty and the effects of it with drugs, crime, theft, teen pregnancy, welfare and food stamps.

They want to facilitate this "human trafficking" bringing in 3rd world, uneducated, violent, raping people with no job skills...but US taxpayers foot the bill paying for their welfare, food stamps, housing, diseases, crime and anchor babies.

TIME FOR THE CHURCH TO PUT IT'S MONEY WHERE IT'S MOUTH IS AND PAY TAXES!!!

CUT OF THE ONE BILLION A YEAR OF OUR MONEY TO CHURCHES FACILITIES THEIR HUMAN TRAFFICKING DUMPING THESE PEOPLE INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. USE YOUR MONEY...GO HELP THEM ON THEIR SOIL.

THE CHURCH HAS TURNED INTO A BIG MONEY MAKING MACHINE.

You know we have had our eyes opened in this election.

We now know for sure we do not have a two -party system. We have the one party of greed and power.

We now know that the desires of the American people mean very little to this government.

We now know for sure we do not have a news media. We always thought we had a media that was a little left leaning - but one that sometimes did report news. We now know differently.

We now know for sure our education system is nothing more than an indoctrination system. This is especially true in higher education.

We now know our law enforcement is not really for enforcement of our laws and protection of the people, but law enforcement for the powers that be, and protectors of illegal immigrants, rioters, and other miscreants.

We now know we do not have a justice system - it is just another arm of the powers that be.
It is not there to find truth, see that justice is done. It is there to protect those who break the law - in so many cases.

We have a Supreme Court Justice weighing in on political races, rather than being an impartial weigher of facts.

We also now know our churches are doing anything and everything - but God's work.s They have become a tool for those who would destroy this country - and all for the sake of money.

It looks like it is time to realize we, the people, are all we have and we had better begin working together - in every way possible.