“Four years after promising $10M for racial reparations, Virginia's Episcopalians have little to show” - reporting by @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social and I religionnews.com/2025/11/03/f...

Ah, a thing I missed: It appears 3 other clergy have joined Rev. David Black as plaintiffs in this case: a Catholic priest, a UU minister and a UMC minister. And these filings bring the number of clergy who claim to have been and/or have been *filmed* being hit with projectiles shot by ICE/DHS to 6

Side note: Threats of military action notwithstanding, worth noting that any Christians fleeing religious persecution in Nigeria could not, at present, enter the U.S. as refugees, as the U.S. refugee program has been almost entirely frozen by Trump for months — save for Afrikaners from South Africa.

Oh: Episcopal Diocese of TX says one of its priests, a “legally employed Kenyan clergy member who works for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice,” was detained by ICE this week while returning home from work and “calls on our representatives in power to assist.” www.epicenter.org/the-episcopa...

I’ve reported on Escucha Mi Voz for a while, but I didn’t manage to introduce myself to Fr. Treviño our first time together in person when I covered his appearance at Georgetown. I remember thinking, “I’ll catch him next time.” What a shock that won’t be possible. Here’s what he had to say then:

Fr. Guillermo took part in recent immigration protests. He was a founding member of and chaplain for Escucha Mi Voz Iowa. Last month he participated in a panel at Georgetown with four Catholic bishops and other Catholic leaders on Trump’s deportation policies. www.ourquadcities.com/news/local-n...

Extreme heat now kills roughly one person every minute, and about 550,000 a year, finds @lancetcountdown.bsky.social's new report. And scientists warn parts of the world may soon hit limits where it’s too hot and humid for people to survive. My latest for @bloomberg.com (free 🎁 link):

Via @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social in NCR -Latino pastors look to refit preaching and pastoral care to trauma of mass #deportations. "We have to combat the feeling of being without power, without hope, without support." #ICE #Latino #Trump #immigration www.ncronline.org/news/latino-...

Oh wow: "During the fracas, a federal agent fired a pepper round that struck a (UCC) clergyman, Jorge Bautista, near the chin. The impact caked his face and clothing in orange powder. Bautista said the agent shot him in the face from about 5 feet away." "'I’m in a lot of pain,'" Bautista texted…"

Hispanic evangelical Trump adviser says he may not endorse candidates in the future religionnews.com/2025/10/22/h... @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social @rns.org

Via @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social: Hispanic evangelical Trump adviser says (to me, while onstage at @rns.org's symposium yesterday) he may not endorse candidates in the future. Also voiced criticism of Stephen Miller and wariness of "idolatry" some have of Trump. religionnews.com/2025/10/22/h...

Evangelical Trump adviser urges Latino Christians 'go to church' amid fears of ICE religionnews.com/2025/10/17/l... @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social

SCOOP — Pennsylvania prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices against voter fraud. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parents' PA address for years. From @jsweetli.bsky.social, @slate.com + me:

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

“Growing up I started playing baseball but back then we didn’t have that big dream to become a pro baseball player so at the age of 15 I had to transition to softball … and then I heard the great news,” said Claudia Santana, 27, from Dominican Republic.

She came to her #ICE check-in backed by an Episcopal bishop and 500 supporters religionnews.com/2025/09/16/e... @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social

Appeals court: #Trump can halt #refugee admissions but must serve those already here religionnews.com/2025/09/16/a... @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social

Nurses' union report criticizes Ascension heath system for investments against Catholic values religionnews.com/2025/09/14/n... @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social

Reposting @jackjenkins.me link as there is some good convo and reposting comments coming from it. @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social’s piece is by far the best one I’ve seen on the event thus far.

@alejacorazonhm.bsky.social offers a helpful report at @rns.org about the roundtable I participated in last night at Georgetown University alongside four Catholic bishops and three Catholic activists. I was there as the moral theologian outlining Catholic social teaching on immigration.

A significant thing here: El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz, chair of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ committee on migration, tells @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social he is questioning whether Catholics can, in good conscience, join ICE. religionnews.com/2025/09/12/c...

Important detail in here from @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social: El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz told RNS he is questioning whether Catholics can, in good conscience, join ICE.

Catholic bishops call immigration crackdown a 'category 4 storm' religionnews.com/2025/09/12/c... @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social

Federal agents detained a man who was in a car with his wife and two children on Monday night in D.C. The man said he didn't know why he had been pulled over.

Listen to RNS national reporter @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social on @npr.org's Morning Edition, where she reports on how Catholic officials are stepping up safety measures and calling for increased gun safety laws. www.npr.org/2025/09/01/n...

Two weeks into the Trump administration's takeover of the police in Washington, D.C., some local churches are experiencing drops in attendance as worshippers fear being detained. www.npr.org/2025/08/24/n...

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, per WaPo: “Don’t just say this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying.”

A thing that shows up in here: I last saw Johnnie Moore, now head of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, in February. He was a featured speaker at the National Religious Broadcasters gathering. But his talk wasn't on Gaza. It was on crisis communications for U.S. churches that encounter scandals.

Over 30 MPD officers and ICE agents doing their second checkpoint this week on Rhode Island Avenue this time between South Dakota Ave and Central Ave. I believe I’m hearing MPD ask questions about immigration status although it’s hard to hear from the sidewalk.

Listen to RNS national reporter @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social on @npr.org's Weekend Edition, where she reports on how the Trump administration's takeover of the police in Washington, D.C., is impacting local churches. www.npr.org/2025/08/24/n...

This DHS tweet is in reference to @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social's NPR spot on our story (see next post). The tweet is almost exactly what they sent me when I asked about similar situations in LA. When asked for examples of "gang members" taking "safe haven" in churches under Biden, they didn't reply.

FULL STORY from me: Clergy rally to defend Kilmar Abrego García as he is detained by ICE —> religionnews.com/2025/08/25/o...

MPD alongside masked unmarked law enforcement at Rhode Island Avenue and Eastern Avenue in NE DC. MPD said they are doing commercial vehicle inspections and did not identify which agency the feds are with but locals are making signs warning about ICE. Looking to see if faith leaders will show up

Religion aside: note the sign on the bed as Kilmar Abrego Garcia arrives, which features a cross. In Spanish, it cites Jeremiah 29:11: “For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.”

You can catch my reporting about fear in DC immigrant churches and hear some local voices on NPR’s Up First at 10:35 at the link: www.npr.org/2025/08/23/n...

Some of the top stories on our site include: - @jeremyfuzy.bsky.social on religious leaders denouncing gas executions - Daoud Kuttab on the first Arab to lead the World Evangelical Alliance - @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social & @jackjenkins.me on Trump's DC takeover impacting church worship services (4/x)

NEW from @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social and me: As Trump seeks to flood DC’s streets with federal agents and troops, churches are seeing attendance drops, fear, and detentions. Seven members of one church have been detained — including an usher on his way to worship. religionnews.com/2025/08/19/a...

Beats I’d like to see more news outlets have, in no particular order: - homelessness - Native issues - disability - addiction - mental health - immigration *court* - veterans’ issues - labor (again) - housing/development but investigative - religion (again) - federal courts (again)

FYI: Wilson doesn’t just hold this position with regard to non-Christians. He told me back in 2023 that, in his ideal Christian nation, *liberal Christians* couldn’t hold office either. religionnews.com/2023/02/22/h...

NEW: @rns.org has tracked at least 10 incidents of apparent federal agents conducting immigration enforcement activity on church grounds or in the immediate area, with incidents spread across five states and Puerto Rico. “This is domestic terror,” one pastor said. religionnews.com/2025/08/04/w...

Just because something confirms your priors doesn’t make it true.

NEW: Indigenous activists opposed to Nevada’s Thacker Pass lithium mine have for years been surveilled by law enforcement agencies and the company behind the mine, records show. “They treat us like we’re domestic terrorists,” an organizer said.

The man's arrest is the latest case of federal authorities detaining immigrants with legal status during immigration check-ins. Lawmakers call the detainment of those who helped U.S. troops at war a betrayal. [via @wbur.org]

My colleague @jackjenkins.me with an impressive alien theology follow-up question for Rep. Burchett. One of many reasons it’s so cool to work with Jack!! (And also look what happens when you hire religion reporters!!)

NEW from American victim’s family: “…our beloved Sayfollah Musallet (nicknamed Saif) was brutally beaten to death by Israeli settlers while he was protecting his family’s land…” They surrounded him for 3+ hours, blocking medics from him. He died before getting to the hospital. He was only 20.

NEW from me and @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social: Last month something odd happened: Catholic bishops signed two conflicting statements on the GOP budget bill. It’s a split emerging among Catholic leaders — and nuns! — that’s years in the making, accelerated by Trump. religionnews.com/2025/07/09/t...

Via @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social and Helen Teixeira: After immigration raids, Southern California Catholic bishop lifts Mass obligation —> religionnews.com/2025/07/09/s...

The speech @theintercept.com published here was given by a Harvard Divinity School student, not an undergrad. That makes the censorship especially notable: HDS students are *known* for bold moral stances, but it’s also been a big part of the school’s fight w/Trump. theintercept.com/2025/07/05/h...

Caught this because of Riley’s tip: Jeffries is quoting Matthew 25 during this marathon floor speech against the GOP-led tax bill right now. Democratic leaders are on their feet applauding. Of note: religion has been a mainstay of opposition to the bill. religionnews.com/2025/05/07/t...

NEW from @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social and myself: In an unusual public display of disagreement within the U.S. Catholic bishops conference, prelates signed dueling letters Thursday criticizing the GOP budget bill. Religious criticism of the bill continues to grow. religionnews.com/2025/06/27/i...