Praying for Our Leaders in Government
Executive Branch: Pray for the President and his Administration
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is preparing to take legal action against migrants and their attorneys for submitting fraudulent asylum claims. DHS General Counsel James Percival stated, “Protection claims like asylum are intended to cover unique and narrow circumstances, but it is standard practice for immigration attorneys representing illegal aliens to assert that virtually every illegal alien is going to be persecuted or tortured in his or her home country.” Immigration and Customs Enforcement is developing further policies under federal law to deter fraudulent documentation and enhance penalties for such violations.
Pray for Secretary Mullin, Counsel Percival, and DHS and ICE officials as they seek to ensure claims for asylum are legitimate.
Legislative Branch: Pray for Senators and Representatives in Congress
Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released responses this month from Meta, TikTok, Amazon, Snapchat, xAI, Roblox, Grindr, and Discord regarding their plans to improve reporting of online child sexual exploitation. Senator Grassley said that tech companies must be held accountable, stating, “Keeping kids safe online and protecting parents’ peace of mind are top priorities.” He added that he would “be closely watching to ensure the proper safeguards and reporting requirements are in place to prevent abuse, safeguard children, and prosecute suspected predators.”
Pray for senators and representatives as they address the online targeting of children.
PRAY FOR CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES
Members of the House Judiciary Committee questioned Interim CEO Bryan Fair of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) this week as the organization faces a Justice Department indictment for fraud. Representative Tom McClintock of California stated, “Explain to me the reasoning behind targeting groups like Turning Point USA, the Family Research Council, traditional Catholic groups as hate groups, but not groups like Antifa, Jane’s Revenge, Youth Liberation Front.” In response, CEO Fair claimed, “We list groups that demonize or vilify people based on immutable characteristics or that express anti-government conspiracy theories.” He used Former FBI Director Christopher Wray’s term for Antifa as an “ideology” to deflect from his organization’s failure to list them as a violent “group.”
Pray for chairs and members of Senate and House committees and subcommittees as they investigate national organizations accused of fraud.
Judicial Branch: Pray for Supreme Court Justices and Federal Judges
The Supreme Court unanimously decided that generic drug manufacturers cannot be held responsible for the prescription of generic compounds for patented uses of patented branded pharmaceuticals. Doctors and pharmacists have regularly offered generic drugs for both patented and non-patented use, often mandated by state laws. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote in the decision that the generic drug manufacturer “was just complying with the law or with standard industry practice.”
Pray for the justices of the Supreme Court as they finalize outstanding opinions of the current term.
