News & Press Releases

Tampa Bay Times

Gov. Ron DeSantis has ordered Florida agencies to cancel the licenses of centers that contract with the federal government to care for unaccompanied minors.

Spectrum News 13

As written, the executive order does not revoke existing licenses but won’t allow state shelters to house any new migrant children.

National Immigration Forum

Since the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan last August, tens of thousands of Afghans have been evacuated to the U.S. in pursuit of safety from Taliban rule.  The challenges of relocating and resettling families who have had their lives uprooted — many fearing for the family and friends they had to leave behind — are immense. … Continued

WORLD

Pastors and Christian care providers protest Florida’s emergency immigration order

CNN

The Detroit News

Christianity Today

In preventing care for unaccompanied minors, Florida's governor is interfering with US law and religious freedoms.

WPTV

Hundreds of religious leaders from around the state are calling on Gov. Ron DeSantis to lift an executive order that would shut Florida down to migrant children who make it across the border without their parents by not renewing the licenses of shelters that care for them.

WOOD TV

Bethany Christian Services is looking for foster families to help welcome Afghan children and teens resettling in West Michigan.

Orlando Sentinel

It is critical to address harmful biases about human trafficking to best support those who are beginning their journey to freedom, writes a worker at Bethany Christian Services, Central Florida.