Praying for Our Leaders in Government
Executive Branch: Pray for the President and his Administration
Vice President JD Vance said that President Trump’s administration is looking at legal options to hold Representative Ilhan Omar accountable for immigration fraud. Not only is she alleged to have committed marriage fraud to gain U.S. citizenship, but she is implicated in the COVID-relief and childcare fraud scandals that resulted in the massive theft of taxpayer funding from the federal government. Vice President Vance said that they are looking at how to investigate to build a case necessary “to get some justice for the American people.”
Pray for discernment for the president and officials in his administration as they seek to hold perpetrators of fraud accountable.
Legislative Branch: Pray for Senators and Representatives in Congress
House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington of Texas and Senate Budget Chairman Lindsey Graham of South Carolina are working to guide additional defense and immigration enforcement funding through a reconciliation process that would not be subject to the Senate filibuster. Congressman Arrington stated that more funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is necessary to guard against the minority party continuing to facilitate future shutdowns, “stopping deportations and putting our ICE agents at risk.”
Pray for senators and representatives of both parties and chambers of Congress to do what is in the best interest of the nation.
PRAY FOR CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce. chaired by Representative Brett Guthrie of Kentucky, is investigating whether Columbia University is complying with the deal it made with President Trump’s administration over antisemitism and DEI to provide the Resolution Monitor with access to all relevant documentation and data. Chairman Guthrie quoted a report, saying, “Columbia ‘repeatedly failed to provide [the federal monitor] with the policies relating to DEI and antisemitism for the vast majority of schools within Columbia.'”
Pray for members of congressional committees as they seek to ensure institutions of higher education comply with federal discrimination laws and regulations.
Judicial Branch: Pray for Supreme Court Justices and Federal Judges
A panel of the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals found that federal law requires U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain most of the individuals they are preparing to deport. The majority cited a statute that says, “If the examining immigration officer determines that an alien seeking admission is not clearly and beyond a doubt entitled to be admitted, the alien shall be detained for a proceeding under section 1229a of this title.”
Pray for judges and justices as they hear and rule on cases related to immigration and deportation.
