Matthew Soerens

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  Aug 24, 2023

  Here's why US Evangelicals want the Afghan Adjustment Act

  As evangelicals have stepped up to welcome and befriend resettled Afghans, they’ve discovered a challenge.

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  Mar 5, 2021

  We didn’t memorize the Bible verses about immigrants

  As a child attending a private evangelical elementary school and a non-denominational “Bible” church, I memorized hundreds of Bible verses. I do not ever recall being told to memorize any Bible verses about immigrants.

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  Aug 11, 2020

  Why we need evangelicals to speak out (again) against family separation

  Two years after images of children torn from their parents at the border horrified America, families are now being separated in new ways. And I’m praying Americans — especially evangelicals — will speak up again.

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  Aug 5, 2020

  The Trump Administration says it champions religious liberty. Our research complicates that story

  American Christians must ask ourselves some tough questions. Scripture makes it clear that all believers are part of the body of Christ and that when one member suffers, the entire body suffers alongside it.

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  Jan 17, 2019

  Immigrant families belong together in 2019

  2018’s headlines have been dominated by immigration-related stories of family separation — and 2019 is likely to see many more families kept apart.

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  Sep 22, 2016

  Why Refugees Aren't Like Skittles

  The global refugee crisis has once again dominated headlines and newsfeeds in the past few days. While world leaders gathered in New York to discuss the unprecedented scope of mass displacement, the son of a presidential candidate took to social media to compare Syrian refugees to poisoned Skittles.

• Aug 20, 2012

  Deferred Action Status for Young Immigrants Only a Band-Aid

  This week, thousands of young immigrants will file paperwork to request "Deferred Action" status from the United States Citizenship & Immigration Services under a new Obama Administration policy applying to certain undocumented individuals who entered the U.S. as children.