Recent U.S. Supreme Court orders have left United Methodist leaders troubled but no less committed to the denomination’s longtime emphasis on caring for immigrants.
The high court closed out its term by making it easier for the Trump administration to deport people to “third countries,” where they risk torture, and making it harder for lower-court judges to stop President Trump’s salvo against birthright citizenship.
Those orders come after the court in May allowed the Trump administration to end protected status for thousands of Venezuelans and revoke parole that authorized another half million people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela to stay in the U.S. Essentially, these actions clear the way for the government to declare people’s status illegal en masse — with no accusation of wrongdoing — even as their cases move forward in the courts.
Taken together, these rulings give a green light to mass-deportation plans while raising doubts about due-process protections.
“These decisions raise deep concern for us as people of faith,” said Bishop Tracy S. Malone, president of the Council of Bishops. “As United Methodists, we are called to see every person — regardless of status or origin — as a child of God.”
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