Quakers denounce Trump administration policy of returning Central American asylum seekers to Mexico
American Quakers have described a new US policy under which Central Americans seeking asylum in the US have to remain in Mexico while their claims are processed as “illegal, immoral and [a] violation of human rights”. In a statement issued on Friday, the American Friends Service Committee – a Quaker organisation that is providing humanitarian support for […]
At least 30 US faith leaders arrested in border protest
RNS After a tense standoff with officials at the US-Mexico border on Monday, at least 30 American clergy were taken into custody over the objections of demonstrators, who had come to protest the treatment of Central American asylum-seekers and to decry the extension of a border wall and the militarisation of the border. Priests, pastors, […]