Trump's immigration orders rebuked by Christian leaders

• The blowback comes as the Trump administration clears the way for immigration officials to conduct raids in churches and schools, sites previously deemed off-limits.

What they're saying: Provisions within Trump's executive orders "are deeply troubling and will have negative consequences, many of which will harm the most vulnerable among us," Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said in a statement.

• He referred to orders on immigrants and refugees, foreign aid, the expansion of the death penalty and the environment.
• The Episcopal Church denounced Trump's family separation policy, and said it will "continue to provide practical pathways to protect the most vulnerable among us."
• The statement encouraged taking action to protect Dreamers, standing against mass deportation and supporting programs like Temporary Protected Status.

Zoom in: Trump attended a Tuesday church service at the National Cathedral where Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde asked the president to have mercy on immigrants and LGBTQ children.

• "The people who pick our crops and clean our office buildings, who labor in poultry farms and meatpacking plants, who wash the dishes after we eat in restaurants and work the night shifts in hospitals — they may not be citizens or have the proper documentation, but the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals."
• Trump on TruthSocial criticized Budde for bringing "her church into the world of politics in a very ungracious way."

Catch up quick: While Pope Francis congratulated Trump on his inauguration Monday, he also called his mass deportation plans "a disgrace."

Zoom out: 85% of white Evangelical Protestants, 59% of white Catholics and 57% of white non-Evangelical Protestants voted for Trump in the election, per 2024 polling from the nonpartisan Public Religion Research Institute.

• Meanwhile, 64% of Hispanic Protestants and 43% of Hispanic Catholics cast their vote for Trump.

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