Pew: Latino Protestants most likely to rate Trump a ‘terrible’ president.
Even before President Donald Trump pledged to double down on policies against undocumented immigrants living in the United States, Hispanic Americans were already praying for protection.
Half of Hispanic Christians worry about themselves or someone close to them getting deported, according to Pew Research Center data provided to CT.
Catholics (54%) and Protestants (47%) were more likely than unaffiliated Christians (38%) to say they worry “a lot” or “some” about the threat of deportation, the survey found.
The Trump administration announced Tuesday a plan to aggressively enforce current immigration laws, which is expected to result in more and quicker deportations for undocumented immigrants. Previous administrations had prioritized undocumented immigrants charged with severe crimes.
The orders from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) include provisions to protect children brought to the United States when their parents entered illegally. About a million of these “Dreamers” have been safeguarded by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, while Deferred Action for Parents of Americans applies to families of children born in the US.
“I ask the administration to enact and fulfill the promise President Trump made not to harm families and exclusively deport those involved in nefarious activities,” stated Samuel Rodriguez, one of Trump’s evangelical advisers and president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference (NHCLC). “Please, help us keep families together.”
A significant proportion of the country’s Latino population—57 million people and growing—have been grappling with their place in America under the new ...
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