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Where will Trump fall on the divide over refugee resettlement?

Jan 6, 2025 | washingtonexaminer.com | Matthew Soerens

News reports described a “civil war” dividing two factions of Trump supporters last week. Entrepreneurs Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s support for legal visas for highly skilled workers, which the technology sector has long depended upon, put them into conflict with failed congressional candidate Laura Loomer, who decried recipients of such visas as “third-world invaders.” Late last week, President-elect Donald Trump weighed in as a “believer” in the temporary worker program.
What Does the Bible Say About Immigrants?

Sep 17, 2024 | relevantmagazine.com | Matthew Soerens |Jenny Yang

Since so many of the characters of the Bible were migrants of one sort or another, it is not surprising that God gives us a great deal of guidance about interacting with immigrants. God reminds the Israelites early on of their own history as strangers in a foreign land, commanding them that, given their own experience, they should welcome the immigrant among them. In Leviticus 19:33-34, God commands the Israelites, “When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them.
Sight-Seeing: Immigrants, pets and the sin of slander in an age of social media

Sep 12, 2024 | sightmagazine.com.au | Matthew Soerens |David Adams

MATTHEW SOERENS, vice president of advocacy and policy for World Relief, says we should refrain from propagating any disparaging charge that we cannot confirm to be factual…United StatesRNSThis week, outlandish allegations that, in a small city in Ohio, Haitian immigrants were hunting down and eating people’s cats, dogs and other pets spread across the internet, even making an appearance in the presidential debate.
Commentary: Immigrants, pets and the sin of slander

Sep 12, 2024 | baptiststandard.com | Eric Black |Matthew Soerens

(RNS)—This week, outlandish allegations that, in a small city in Ohio, Haitian immigrants were hunting down and eating people’s cats, dogs and other pets spread across the internet, even making an appearance in the presidential debate. Though there’s no verifiable evidence of any case of a Haitian immigrant eating a pet—to say nothing of a trend that will soon threaten your pet—rumors spread quickly.
Immigrants, pets and the sin of slander in an age of social media

Sep 12, 2024 | religionnews.com | Matthew Soerens |Rizki Fauzi

(RNS) — This week, outlandish allegations that, in a small city in Ohio, Haitian immigrants were hunting down and eating people’s cats, dogs and other pets spread across the internet, even making an appearance in the presidential debate. Though there’s no verifiable evidence of any case of a Haitian immigrant eating a pet — to say nothing of a trend that will soon threaten your pet — rumors spread quickly.
Here's why US Evangelicals want the Afghan Adjustment Act

Aug 24, 2023 | christianpost.com | Matthew Soerens

In 2018, the Pew Research Center released a poll that found that only a quarter of white evangelicals believed the U.S. had a responsibility to receive refugees. As a longtime staffer at World Relief, the only distinctly evangelical organization among 10 national refugee resettlement organizations, that finding was painful. But it was not entirely shocking having lived through the decline in evangelical enthusiasm for refugee resettlement.
Should Christians Support Tougher Immigration Laws?

Feb 27, 2023 | thegospelcoalition.org | Darren Patrick Guerra |Matthew Soerens |Jen Wilkin |Jonathan T. Pennington

The following is an uncorrected transcript generated by a transcription service. Before quoting in print, please check the corresponding audio for accuracy. Jim DavisWelcome to TGC good faith debates. This is a series of conversations designed to help you learn about and engage in issues of contemporary life and culture that might be confusing might be challenging and might even be divisive or polarizing. My name is Jim Davis. I’m Pastor of Orlando Grace Church.