This Wednesday, February 25th, over 2,000 inter-religious clergy and laity came to Washington DC on a “Faithful Resistance Witness” walk to the Capitol. The focus was to confront the powers over the brutal policies of immigration and deportations. I was among them. After a rousing celebration at the Capitol City United Methodist Church, we walked down Pennsylvania and Independence avenues to Capitol Hill. After a worship benediction, and a "sending forth," we divided into small delegations and visited our congress persons plus the senators. Prior to the event, each legislator was contacted. Most of the republicans refused to meet the delegations. My delegation had fruitful conversation with Max Price, Chief Legislative Assistant of US Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida's 25th District. We were on the same page as the congress. told us that Rep Wasserman Schultz was fighting to defund ICE and DHS. When I asked if she knew about RCMA, Price answered in the affirmative. When we asked how we could support her efforts, Price chastened us that the congresswoman doesn't get enough contacts from the faith community. She also would appreciate more support from faith leaders so that the use their support as ammunition to confront the powers.
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