“Reprehensible,” “Unconscionable”: Christian Leaders React to Trump’s Decision to Overturn DACA
The Washington Post‘s “Religious leaders, including some of the evangelicals who have remained steadfast in their support for Trump, expressed their disappointment that Trump would reverse the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.” In a statement, U.S. Catholic bishops called the decision “reprehensible.” The United Methodist Church called it “unconscionable.” Itkowitz writes, “Some prominent evangelicals signed joint letters compelling Trump to leave the program in place while Congress works on a more permanent legislative solution.”