What’s New
Over 15,000 people have signed a petition started by the Christian group Faithful America accusing President-elect Donald Trump of violating Christian values with his immigration policies.
Newsweek reached out to Trump’s transition team via email, and Faithful America via an online form, for comment Wednesday morning.
Why It Matters
The president-elect is vowing to take his hard-line immigration stance to the next level in his second term, promising mass deportations of immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally.
Trump’s immigration policies in his first term, including actions that separated thousands of migrant parents from their children at the U.S.-Mexico border, were criticized at the time for being inhumane.
Meanwhile, Trump has spoken about his Christian faith. In March, he endorsed a “God Bless the USA Bible”during his campaign. “Religion and Christianity are the biggest things missing from this country, and I truly believe that we need to bring them back and we have to bring them back fast,” he …