A pastor from a church in Dallas lead a group of evangelicals to Washington D.C. in an effort to help Dreamers and make things better at the border.
A group of evangelicals, led by a local pastor, wants Congress to act quickly and compassionately to help Dreamers seeking a path to U.S. citizenshipRafael Munoz understands the importance of the issue facing “Dreamers” in the federal courts. He’s a first-generation child of an immigrant family from a border town near Del Rio, where he was born. It was a personal journey for him and his family, and one he’s been trying to help other migrant children with since 2014.
It’s the reason he traveled with 200 evangelical advocates from around the country in November to attend the Now seemed like the perfect time — and the most urgent one — for Munoz and the 200 evangelical advocates to travel to the capital. Despite the federal government's reopening DACA in late October, advocates say further inaction will lead to a humanitarian crisis if Congress doesn’t act this session.
But that conversation may not be happening with Republicans, whose Texas bunch initially indicated they were open to the idea. Sen. John Cornyn told reporters, according to a Dec. 13“I believe there are a number of obstacles,” Munoz says. “We need to get good information out in front of people. The media at times can build this sentiment of fear, that we should fear immigrants coming in through the U.S., coming through our southern border and feeding the fear to create this derailment.
For several years, Munoz has been working on immigration advocacy and collaborating with other organizations, including the National Association of Evangelicals. In what may surprise those who have become accustomed to conservative political leaders fashioning themselves as religious gurus while chanting “Build that wall,” Munoz says NAE is “becoming a voice around this issue of immigration reform.
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