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ELCA Marches on ICE

9/11/2019

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The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) met last month for their 2019 Churchwide Assembly.  One event scheduled was a march to an ICE building in support of migrants, immigrants and illegal immigrants.  Below are social media entries of the event from the ELCA, ELCA participants and observers:

Around 750 Lutherans, including voting members of the ELCA Churchwide Assembly, gathered for a prayer vigil in support of migrant children & families. They walked from the Wisconsin Center to U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services. #ELCAcwa

More photos: https://t.co/dEEEKEMEUF pic.twitter.com/SJUlmWYuSp

— ELCA Lutherans (@ELCA) August 7, 2019

Synod voting members joined 600 others to rally & march to ICE in Milwaukee. #AMMPARO #elcacwa #lutheransnw pic.twitter.com/wLH9d0zwgq

— NWWA Synod ELCA (@LutheransNW) August 7, 2019
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As a commitment to justice and prayer for migrants detained at the border, close to 1000 participants of the ELCA Churchwide Assembly marched to the local USCIS field office for a prayer vigil lead by ELCA AMMPARO, the Greater Milwaukee Synod, and other partners. #ELCA #ELCAcwa pic.twitter.com/t0HNqZyWWg

— LDR (@ELCALDR) August 7, 2019

Thankful that this march and public immigration vigil was a part of the ELCA Churchwide Assembly this week in Milwaukee. No other official business was scheduled during the same time, so nearly 700 people... https://t.co/Lihs4ieKVB

— Elizabeth Bier (@revelizabeth001) August 7, 2019

#recap of the elca #AMMPARO prayer walk #familiesbelongtogether #imigrants #refugees #welcomedhere #allarewelcome https://t.co/iUUZExXqQx

— JenCollins (@prjencollins) August 7, 2019

Great to see @ELCA partners out in front of MKE @ICEgov at #ELCAcwa protesting the horrific deportation policies based in racism that are tearing families apart! #ElPasoFirme pic.twitter.com/iyQKcMGtSw

— CWS (@CWS_global) August 7, 2019

Thankful for my colleagues and fellow ELCAers for leading this. #ELCA https://t.co/FF9qiCfaKS

— Eric Clapp (@eric_clapp) August 7, 2019

This is truly something. Two ELCA members told me 600+ are out today (w Voces as well). Milwaukee has seen at least two other similar marches in the last month with a couple hundred. This is another level. March to the DHS office continues pic.twitter.com/8NtptfbXVc

— Marisa Peryer (@marisa_peryer) August 7, 2019

Folks, today the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America is gathering at the Wisconsin Center to protest the Trump admin’s policies on immigration and asylum seekers. As always, follow along for pics, vids and updates pic.twitter.com/DCfjReBKbl

— Marisa Peryer (@marisa_peryer) August 7, 2019

All the angry feels #ELCA was https://t.co/PzA2QXfBRJ

— Courtney Smith (@cdsmith421) August 7, 2019

Love our church! #ELCA #ELCAcwa https://t.co/OPe4IJ1d5Y

— Aaron Sturgis (@sturgie19) August 7, 2019

Prayer vigil with the ELCA outside of the ICE offices in Milwaukee. pic.twitter.com/bmpbRRnjpQ

— Bro David A Hirt (@brodavidcap) August 7, 2019

Now chants of, “Justice for immigrants — here we stand!” #ELCAcwa

— Emily McFarlan Miller (@emmillerwrites) August 7, 2019

Signs seen at the ELCA Churchwide Assembly's prayer vigil outside the ICE building in Milwaukee. #ELCAcwa pic.twitter.com/TGCQXjzVcR

— Emily McFarlan Miller (@emmillerwrites) August 7, 2019

There also was a reading of the 9.5 Theses by the Greater Milwaukee Synod Refugee and Immigration Committee.

Inspired by Martin Luther nailing his 95 Theses to the church door in Wittenburg, they then taped them to the ICE building door (and staked them into the lawn). #ELCAcwa pic.twitter.com/Db64u4Dux6

— Emily McFarlan Miller (@emmillerwrites) August 7, 2019

Here's my first dispatch from Milwaukee about the ELCA declaring itself a "sanctuary church body" and marching to the ICE building in Milwaukee during its churchwide assembly at the Wisconsin Center, about a mile away. https://t.co/XmOftN7Qv0 #ELCAcwa pic.twitter.com/SR0qKJMdvP

— Emily McFarlan Miller (@emmillerwrites) August 8, 2019

More pics I took at https://t.co/EC3Yqru0Ct pic.twitter.com/u243HOXgZ0

— AaronLayne (@AaronLayne) August 8, 2019

ELCA Immigration vigil#closethecamps #ELCACW19 #justlove #faithinaction @WomenoftheELCA pic.twitter.com/aGdup7iUrw

— JenDeLeon@WELCA (@JenDeLeonWELCA1) August 8, 2019
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ELCA Urges People to Ask Police to Not Cooperate With ICE

6/23/2019

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Radicals are in charge of the ELCA. A few days ago, the ELCA came out on social media stating, "As ELCA Ammparo and ELCA Advocacy we encourage you to stand in solidarity with our immigrant neighbors. Therefore, we urge you to contact local leaders in your jurisdiction and urge sheriff and police not to participate in raids or cooperate with ICE in sharing information about immigrants at risk. (... and do urge police non-cooperation with ICE in the anticipated terrifying raids upon our neighbors)." 

The ELCA, by way of their departments named here, tell people to contact various Local Governments and Law Enforcement, urging them to not cooperate with other law enforcement agencies that are working to enforce the laws of our land. They are equipping people with scripts to aid in communication and dissemination of their agenda. The various scripts say similar things. Here is a quote from an ELCA-provided script, "...in light of the Trump Administration’s recent threats of mass arrests of immigrants next week, I want to make sure the XXX government does everything in its power to protect our residents. That means: 1) absolutely no coordination between XXX law enforcement and ICE;...3) the XXX jail must end its policy of notifying ICE when an inmate with an immigration detainer is released; and 4) no detention beds may be made available to ICE, even temporarily. Thank you." (See here)

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“Many are afraid & confused by potential ICE enforcement action. Pray and advocate for safety, well-being and family unity of immigrant sisters and brothers,” says Trini Ariztia, migration program dir. See https://t.co/CZJVpwtd4v and Know Your Rights at https://t.co/vcgLTqMy8m pic.twitter.com/trx1SYlagv

— ELCA Advocacy (@ELCAadvocacy) June 22, 2019

"The words "mass deportation" should send shockwaves through the conscience of anyone who knows anything about the brutalities of the 20th century."https://t.co/eCJ1cBoXRW

— DE-MD Synod ELCA (@ELCAdemdsynod) June 22, 2019

Below is ELCA pastor Jayne Thompson who tweets to a U.S. Senator "...Please go to Clint, TX or Homestead, FL or any ICE detention center/prison and visit the children incarcerated and abused the hands of the/our/your/my government. Sincerely, your new constituent, ELCA Pastor Jayne M Thompson"

Hey...PSA...Please go to Clint, TX or Homestead, FL or any ICE detention center/prison and visit the children incarcerated and abused the hands of the/our/your/my government.

Sincerely, your new constituent, ELCA Pastor Jayne M Thompson

— Pr. Jayne Thompson (@prjayne) June 25, 2019
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Arrest By ICE Has ELCA Leaders Up In Arms

5/16/2019

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Betty Rendon is an ELCA Synodically Authorized Lay Minister at an ELCA church and received her Masters of Divinity from the ELCA's Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC). A few days ago, she and some family members were arrested by ICE, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

So far we do not have many details about the incident, except what ELCA entities are saying. It all started with a one-sided account from Betty Rendon's church. You can read it here.

Then the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's presiding bishop began tweeting about the situation.

Pr Betty Rendon, Emaus Lutheran Racine along with daughter, husband, cousin arrested at gun point by ICE. Five yr old granddaughter was present. Pr Rendon beginning PhD at LSTC. Rally tomorrow night (5/15) in Racine. She fled Columbia when her school was attacked by guerrillas.

— Bishop Eaton (@ELCABishopEaton) May 14, 2019

More details. Betty Lendin has an MDiv from LSTC was accepted into the DMin program. She is a Synodically Authorized Lay Minister preaching at Emaus.

— Bishop Eaton (@ELCABishopEaton) May 15, 2019

​A letter about the situation was posted by the ELCA's Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC) from President James Nieman, Dean of Student Services Scott Chalmers and Pastor to the Community Erik Christensen. 

In the letter they call the United States' immigration policy "racist." Here is the quote (see below also), "
This incident brings into painful focus the ongoing need to reform this country’s racist, violent, and inhumane immigration system."

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Of course, ELCA Advocacy had something to say. Below is part of an email they sent (see the full email here):

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ELCA partner, the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service commented:
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​"This is absolutely heartbreaking and shameful behavior on behalf of ICE officers. LIRS will pray for and advocate for the just treatment of Pastor Rendón and all those who find themselves in her position."
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Some of the readers of the LIRS Facebook post commented saying, "We are becoming like a Hitler state..." "I am ashamed of our country..." "ICE equals deliberate cruelty." "ICE has no humanity....this is like the Nazi era." "We are very close to becoming a communist nation, Trumps SS is ICE. The time is near for all Americans to March on Washington!" "Abolish ICE." "Our government is looking more and more like murderous criminals." "ICE is disgraceful." 

A newspaper article titled ICE allegedly arrests Racine student pastor; Vigil planned for Wednesday can be seen here.  
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A seminary classmate of Betty Rendon added his 2 cents:
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Benjamin Stewart, a Professor & Director of Advanced Studies at LSTC tweeted that the "family was terrorized & separated":

An asylum-seeking @elca minister & her family terrorized & separated - my former @LSTChicago student Betty Rendon. Read the horrific account from her congregation https://t.co/2yTj8hZTsg
(corrected LSTC tag) pic.twitter.com/CQiZQceKuf

— Benjamin Stewart (@bstewLSTC) May 15, 2019

​ELCA pastor Chad McKenna writes "#AbolishICE":

According to this article, ICE arrested her daughters first. Her children. ICE arrested a DACA recipient and a U.S. Citizen at one location before pointing their guns at three unarmed adults who have long been in the process of seeking asylum. #AbolishICE https://t.co/CJJG8POKnB

— Chad McKenna (@cmckennaiv) May 15, 2019

​From ELCA Pastor Paul Eldred:

Betty Rendón, pastor of an @ELCA church in Wisconsin, was arrested at gunpoint by ICE along with her family. She fled Colombia and sought refuge in the US.
Another shameful act by this administration.
Please pray for her, her family, and her congregation. And then demand change! https://t.co/jt0s37b983

— Paul Eldred (@pmceldred) May 15, 2019

The DE-MD Synod tweeted:

Grateful for @ELCABishopEaton and her witness on behalf of Betty Rendon. https://t.co/fvXAiVSrL2

— DE-MD Synod ELCA (@ELCAdemdsynod) May 15, 2019

Matthew Short, the Assistant to the Bishop for Evangelical Mission at Greater Milwaukee Synod, was part of a gathering outside Betty Rendon's detention center. Below is his Facebook post about it:


More from the ELCA's Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago:


And from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America:


Here is a statement by the ELCA's Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod Bishop, Michael Rinehart. 

Here is a statement by the ELCA's New England Synod Bishop, James Hazelwood.


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