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Trump Tries to put White Immigrants at the Head of the Line
The Episcopal Church Says No
The Episcopal Church, through its Episcopal Migration Ministries (EMM), has long been involved in immigration. EMM is the Episcopal Church's refugee resettlement and migration ministry. Since 1988, EMM has resettled almost 110,000 individuals to communities across the United States. In 2024, they helped resettle 6,533 individuals from 48 countries. EMM is one of the ten national agencies working with the U.S. government to resettle refugees.
One of Donald Trump’s first acts in his second term as President was to halt over 10,000 already-approved immigrations. These were not asylum seekers crossing the Southern border but people who had gone through a thorough vetting process that took upwards of a year.
“Refugees go through one of the most rigorous vetting processes in the world, and many are now seeing their travel canceled just days, or even hours, before they were set to begin their new lives in the United States.” — Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, Global Refuge
Trump has sent troops to the border and argued with the Mexican President regarding his desire to have the U.S. Army operate in Mexico. Beginning with his Muslim ban in his first administration and verbal attacks on “shithole countries.” Trump has openly condemned…
