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From the Bishop: A Call to Prayer and Witness as DACA is Rescinded

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Bishop's Crest

Dear friends in Christ,

Grace and peace to you this day.

As DACA is rescinded today, let us hold in our hearts and prayers our Hispanic neighbors, including our clergy, their families and the people they lead and serve.

The United Methodist Church has opposed this action on DACA consistently. The Council of Bishops, the General Board of Church and Society, the General Board of Global Ministries – indeed the entire church at every level proclaims welcome and fullness of life to all people. We are committed to welcome, hospitality and justice for young people and all affected by DACA.

I know you will want to join me in offering prayers, solidarity, friendship and support to Hispanic clergy and laity as they serve among us in this time. We are committed to them, with thanksgiving for their ministry.

Let us reach out in concern, offering listening ears and loving support, to our neighbors affected most directly, especially the young people affected by DACA.

With gratitude to God for your partnership in ministry,

 

 

Bishop Hope

  • Murray Walker

    Hope,
    No one wants to see families broken apart. In the US, we are supposed to do things legally. All that needs to happen is for Congress to pass a law. They seem to be unable to function as a part of the government. DACA was not legal in the first place. Congress needs to act to make it legal.

  • Helen Anderson

    Very sad to see the politicalization of the church. It is obvious Bishop Hope’s opinion has been swayed or outright determined by the left-wing mainstream media. People who can think know the root cause of illegal immigration is lawlessness and corruption in Mexico. If you want to pray and/or direct resources for those in need, it is those people in Mexico that need far more than a few already in the US. The people below the southern border need a return of law and order in their local, state, and national governments. The lawlessness that is condoned by the left and the idea that breaking laws is okay if it is a means to an end just creeps the US more towards what Mexico is today. No one wants suffering, but burying your head in the sand, ignoring the real problems, and propagating others is a disservice to all of those with whom you have contact.

    Proverbs 28:4 reads: “Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law strive against them.” The left’s support of DACA and other emotionally-charged issues gives license to lawlessness – noting the violence incited time after time by the left and condoned by mainstream media.

    Furthermore, your memo on this is premature. The letter by Jeff Sessions (which you refer to as the act of rescinding DACA) calls for an orderly and efficient winddown process, clearly giving congress time to enact a policy that is legal as opposed to the illegal nature by which DACA was initially enacted.