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The Church Should Be Leading the Immigration Conversation. Here’s How

The Church Should Be Leading the Immigration Conversation. Here’s How

Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Over the last several months, immigration enforcement in the United States reached a scale rarely seen outside of major legislative overhauls. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has detained more than 65,000 individuals — a historic high — and in that population, roughly 74 percent had no criminal convictions, even as federal rhetoric has emphasized removing dangerous…