Donald Trump threw another bone to his base today by announcing the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Read about it here.
New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman offers some nuance:
This is not how Politico story is being read, but reality is this is a signal the president does not actually want to end DACA and 1/
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) September 4, 2017
2/ it’s not clear what will be different in six months that will make him end it. Doesn’t mean he says “i’ll keep it.” Also doesn’t mean …
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) September 4, 2017
3/….that he ends it.
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) September 4, 2017
So far, the only court evangelical who has said the ending of the DACA program is unjust and unChristian is Samuel Rodriguez. I hope that Rodriguez used his unprecedented access and “God-given assignment” to rebuke the president for this decision. I hope he did everything in his power to change Trump’s mind.
So far the rest of the court evangelicals have been silent. Apparently 300 religious leaders urged Trump to keep the DACA program, but I have not been able to find a list of those leaders. I will be surprised if there are any court evangelicals on the list apart from Rodriguez.
In the video below, court evangelical Robert Jeffress praises his own prayer in the White House last week as part of the most disturbing display of court flattery I have ever seen. Where was the discussion of DACA at this meeting? Why didn’t the court evangelicals use their access to the Oval Office to defend these helpless children of immigrants who may soon be deported? This, it seems to me, is a pro-life issue. These kids may be ripped from their families and sent to a foreign country to live. Yet the court evangelicals preferred a photo-op and a round of flattery. I hope Jeffress will be praying for the 800,000 men and women who will be deported when and if the DACA program is ended.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyCeKFFHtQs&w=560&h=315]
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