Source: Religion News Service | Linda Garrett
In the face of an imploding immigration system, an exploding political debate and a deadlock on reform in Washington, it was religious leaders who rallied to form a humanitarian response to the surge of unaccompanied children crossing the border to the United States this summer.
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On Sept. 3, 41 faith leaders criticized the policy of placing children in detention in a letter to President Obama. They insisted all children have legal representation — as required under a 2008 anti-trafficking law — and the right to reunite with families.
“Politics has trumped the children,” Jim Wallis of Sojourner lamented, “and we are here to say as people of faith that is not acceptable.”