Today a team from @PrestonwoodEsp heads to El Paso for Operation Border Blessing where they will show appreciation to all of the incredible federal agents & their families - tents, food, water inflatables, school supply filled backpacks, and more! #Prestonwoodonmission#inaction — Mike Buster (@mikebusterxp) July 12, 2019

@Prestonwood mission team has been at the border this week ministering to border agents n serving the Border Patrol families. We supplied backpacks, inflatables, give-aways.

They were so grateful n some in tears, telling us that nobody appreciates what they do.#prestonwoodcarespic.twitter.com/Ewq9NKpfjD — Mike Buster (@mikebusterxp) July 14, 2019

Prestonwood’s mission trip occurred during a tense week for undocumented immigrants in the U.S. after Trump administration officials warned of impending nationwide raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Only a handful of arrests were actually carried out this weekend, according to The New York Times, but authorities said more arrests would be likely during the upcoming week. The mission trip also came during a time when U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency and its officers are under heavy public criticism. Reports from immigration lawyers and the media have described overcrowded, unsanitary and inhumane conditions for migrant adults and children at Border Patrol detention facilities ― accounts the agency’s leaders and the Trump administration dispute. The New York Times reports that Border Patrol agents repeatedly tried to raise concerns about overcrowded detention centers to their superiors, but federal officials failed to act. Border Patrol agents have also been accused of misconduct. According to ProPublica, members of a secret Facebook group for current and former Border Patrol agents posted racist jokes about migrant deaths and Hispanic lawmakers. Border Patrol agents have also been accused of dumping water jugs meant to help migrants attempting to cross the desert in the sweltering heat. Sandra Ovalle, an immigration campaign coordinator at the progressive Christian organization Sojourners, said that Christian supporters of the president are too often quick to embrace the narrative that the crisis at the border cannot be changed or that pouring more money into the CBP will solve the problem. “I would expect the same churches who are actively supporting Border Patrol agents and their families to publicly condemn the racist and sexist rhetoric used by CBP, citing their behavior as a reason we should be wary of the actions and words condoned behind closed doors,” Ovalle told HuffPost. Prestonwood did not respond to HuffPost’s request for comment.

ASSOCIATED PRESS Jack Graham, pastor of Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas, is a former president of the Southern Baptist Convention.