"The big picture: Moderate faith leaders are escorting immigrants to court hearings, blasting "rapid response" text alerts on sightings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and leading vigils to try to prevent protest clashes. They pray with ICE agents and National Guard troops to try to ease tension while also giving "know your rights" workshops to immigrants. They welcome LGBTQ members, bless gang members and denounce the deportations of fellow Christians who fled violence and poverty."
"The intrigue: From the pulpit, they frame their actions as a moral stand outlined by Jesus in the Gospels to help "the stranger" and "the least of these," as they call on their members to speak out. "We don't just pray for peace. We bring peace," the Rev. Brendan Busse, pastor of Dolores Mission Catholic Church in Los Angeles, tells Axios. Between the lines: Conservative evangelical voters are a high-turnout, GOP-leaning bloc with clear spokespeople, tight message discipline and built-in media megaphones."
Moderate and progressive Christian leaders are actively protecting immigrants, organizing court escorts, rapid-response alerts, vigils, and "know your rights" workshops. Faith leaders pray with ICE agents and National Guard troops to ease tensions while simultaneously challenging deportations of Christians who fled violence and poverty. Congregations welcome LGBTQ members and bless gang members as part of a moral imperative rooted in Jesus' call to aid "the stranger" and "the least of these." These faith networks lack conservative media reach but could mobilize persuadable Christian voters and offer Democrats an opening to appeal to an estimated 15 million swing Christians.
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