This statement is taken from the Office of Public Witness of the PC(USA). Here is the full article link.
“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil … and deprive the innocent of their rights!”
–Isaiah 5.20, 23
“Justice and love inseparably lie at the heart of the Gospel. Israel’s prophets urged God’s people to care for the poor, needy, and outcast—indeed they often vigorously reminded God’s people to consider this essential work of covenant fidelity before God. So too the earliest Christian communities welcomed foreigners and sold all they had and distributed the proceeds to anyone in need. The sweeping testimony of Scripture consistently reveals a God who loves capaciously and insists on the just ordering of all created life. In response to this God, we Presbyterians likewise take up the responsibility to love our neighbors as ourselves and to do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with God.
So it is with heavy hearts and outraged spirits that we join our siblings in witnessing the overlapping crises in Minnesota. Alongside the two ICE-involved shootings last week, we’ve witnessed dozens of credible reports of people brutalized by ICE agents wearing masks, camouflage, and driving unmarked vehicles. These come alongside the continued family separations and wholesale disregard for due process and legal protection from racial profiling that immigrant and minoritized communities have experienced most directly…
It is time for neighbor-love and democratic justice as Presbyterians have long been advocating for. Presbyterians value the constitutional and civil rights for all who reside in the U.S. regardless of immigration status and urges action to resist government policies that harm immigrant communities.”
Consider contacting your legislators to speak up in the way of the prophets. This link will provide you with a sample letter which can be sent directly to your representatives when you enter your name and address information.
Learn more about the Office of Public Witness of the PC(USA).