The tradition of sheltering immigrants has deep roots — and has been reactivated every time American law has collided with what faith communities believed was a higher moral obligation.

With its roots in religious doctrine, the modern move to house, clothe and protect immigrants started in the 1980s When Donald Trump fired Department of Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem on ...

Trump's war on immigrants is the most visible expression of a system that has long treated millions as a permanent underclass ...