immigration advocacy

August Reflection: The Episcopal Church Stands with Immigrants

August Reflection: The Episcopal Church Stands with Immigrants

This year, 1000 Episcopalians rode a fleet of 19 busses to the T. Don Hutto Residential Center where women immigrants in the custody of authorities are held.  The Hutto Center is a for-profit prison which holds 500 detainees. Presiding Bishop Michael Curry addressed the crowd: “Jesus said, ‘Love God and love your neighbor.’ We come in love, that is the core of our faith, that is the heart of it.  We come because we don’t believe that a great nation like this one separates children from their families…”