Texas IAF Leaders & Clergy Call on White House to HALT Speedy Deportations





Asserting that anyone under the age of 18 must have an attorney and should never be subjected to expedited processing, hundreds of Texas bishops and clergy from Catholic, Protestant and Jewish denominations denounced proposed changes to the Trafficking Victims Act of 2008 and called on the White House for a better approach to the humanitarian crisis at the border.



In El Paso, San Antonio, Houston, Austin, Fort Worth and Dallas, religious leaders preached about the crisis at the border, organized relief efforts and held press conferences reminding the White House and Congress of the Judeo-Christian admonishment for nations to "show kindness and mercy to one another, [to] not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner or the poor (Zechariah 7:9-10)."



Texas IAF organizations are spearheading an effort to ensure that the Trafficking Victims Act not be weakened, that expedited deportations of children be halted and that religious congregations be granted access to attend to the spiritual needs of the children currently detained in detention facilities.



[In photo: El Paso Catholic Bishop Mark Seitz delivers statement in support of unaccompanied minors.]

Border Interfaith & EPISO (El Paso) :

KFOX14 UnivisiÃ³n El Paso El Diario COPS / Metro Alliance (San Antonio) : San Antonio Express-News UnivisiÃ³n







ACT (Fort Worth)



Fort Worth Star-Telegram [ pdf ]





TMO (Houston) :



Houston Chronicle

