{"id":8178,"date":"2014-08-15T16:32:52","date_gmt":"2014-08-15T23:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/?p=8178"},"modified":"2014-08-15T16:33:10","modified_gmt":"2014-08-15T23:33:10","slug":"us-and-mexico-faith-and-community-leaders-visiting-unaccompanied-migrant-children-temporary-holding-facility-in-mcallen-tx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/us-and-mexico-faith-and-community-leaders-visiting-unaccompanied-migrant-children-temporary-holding-facility-in-mcallen-tx\/","title":{"rendered":"US and Mexico Faith and Community Leaders Visiting Unaccompanied Migrant Children Temporary Holding Facility in McAllen, TX"},"content":{"rendered":"

McAllen, TX – [#theyarechildren]<\/strong> As the Obama Administration prepares to fast-track the deportation of these unaccompanied migrant children against public opinion (<\/span>Reuters\/Ipsos poll<\/a>), faith and community leaders from both The United States and Mexico will visit a temporary holding facility in McAllen, Texas on Monday, August 18, 2014.<\/span>

The visiting delegation, made up of leaders of organizations that are well aware of these children\u2019s circumstances, seeks to provide a caring presence for the children in detention and to remind government leaders that The United States of America must act with compassion for they are children.<\/span>

\u201cAs President Obama considers expanding administrative relief for our undocumented community members, we cannot support any future action that comes at a cost to the due process for these children through rushed court proceedings or expedited deportations,\u201d says Bishop Minerva G. Carca\u00f1o of The United Methodist Church.<\/span>

\u201cWe have fallen into an extreme legalism that has blinded the good will to look after them and we have not treated them humanely.\u00a0 We pray to our kind Father to put sensibility in the lives of those who have these issues in their hands,\u201d said Bishop Felipe Ruiz Aguilar of The Methodist Church of Mexico.<\/span>

\u201cWe seek to learn how we, as a church, can best welcome these children now and in the days and weeks that lie ahead,\u201d says Rob Rutland-Brown of the National Justice for our Neighbors.\u00a0 \u201cWe are committed to keeping them safe and making sure they know they are loved.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Members of the visiting delegation include:<\/span><\/p>\n