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Some 40 faith leaders from across Washington, D.C., join Aug. 22 in leading a prayer vigil in the city’s ethnically diverse Columbia Heights neighborhood. The group aimed to present a vision of unity and hope in the face of Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops in the nation’s capital. At center in the green and white stole is the Rev. Donna Claycomb Sokol, pastor of Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church, who spoke at the event. Photo by Sharon Groves, the Festival Center.

Churches push back on armed troops in US cities

United Methodists are prayerfully helping to mobilize nonviolent resistance and taking action to protect people targeted by President Trump’s show of military force in D.C. and other U.S. cities.
Immigration
Melissa Bowe (left) and Alba Jaramillo, co-executive directors of the Immigration Law & Justice Network, talk with United Methodist News about how their work has changed and the challenges they face. Photos courtesy of the Immigration Law & Justice Network; graphic by Laurens Glass, UM News.

Immigration ministry undaunted by political climate

Co-executive directors of Immigration Law & Justice Network, a United Methodist ministry, discuss how their work has changed and the challenges they face as immigration becomes more politicized.
Immigration
St. Paul and St. Andrew United Methodist Church in New York City is seeing large crowds each Monday morning as it welcomes migrants bused into Manhattan. The church calls them Miracle Mondays, and with help from partner organizations a range of assistance is offered, including meals, hygiene products and legal counseling. Crowds have steadily grown. Photo courtesy of St. Paul and St. Andrew United Methodist Church.

Amid policy changes, church keeps faith with migrants

No surge so far of asylum-seekers into the U.S. after the recent end of a COVID-related restriction. But United Methodists remain busy assisting those already here.
Immigration
The Revs. Joel Hortiales (center, in blue blazer) and David Farley (to Hortiales' right) join parishioners of the Border Church in Tijuana, Mexico, as they lift their arms skyward beneath the fence that marks the border with the U.S. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

Methodists participate in movement to preserve border park

Friends of Friendship Park, led by a United Methodist pastor, continues to defend the preservation of the oceanfront park, located on the border between Mexico and the U.S.

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