A report from Christian organisations has found a significant number of people impacted by the Trump administration’s pursuit of what it has called “the largest deportation in United States history” are Christian. Source: OSV News.
The report, a joint project of the National Association of Evangelicals, the US Conference of Catholic Bishops‘ Migration and Refugee Services, the Centre for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and World Relief, found many of those vulnerable to deportation themselves – or those who have a family member vulnerable to deportation – are Christians.
“One cannot help but ponder what our country and our lives would be like, if the same sort of restrictions and enforcement actions being contemplated today were imposed on those coming from places like Ireland, Germany, Poland, Italy and elsewhere by the boatfull,” Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso, Texas, said.
“You know, it’s amazing how US history repeats itself, and I don’t think many of us would suggest that the way that our immigrant ancestors were treated in many cases would be a model to be followed today,” he said.
Catholic social teaching on immigration balances three interrelated principles – the right of persons to migrate in order to sustain their lives and those of their families, the right of a country to regulate its borders and control immigration, and a nation’s duty to regulate its borders with justice and mercy.
While the individual Christian organisations behind the report may support or oppose particular policies according to their beliefs, participants explained, they share a common goal of seeking to understand not only how mass deportations would impact the US, but also their faith communities and Christians as a whole.
According to demographic data as of the end of 2024, the report found, more than 10 million Christians living in the US would be vulnerable to deportation under Trump administration policies implemented in 2025.
Christians account for approximately 80 per cent of all of those at risk of deportation. The Christians most at risk of deportation are Catholics, 61 per cent of the total.
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10 million Christians in US at risk of mass deportation, says Catholic-Evangelical report (By Kate Scanlon, OSV News)
