Praying for Our Leaders in Government
Executive Branch: Pray for the President and his Administration
Secretary of State Marco Rubio affirmed the State Department’s authority regarding the approval of visa applications while in Budapest this week. He fielded a question from a journalist after an immigration judge terminated the removal proceedings of a Tufts University doctoral student. “No one is entitled to a visa. There is no constitutional right to a visa. A visa is a permission to enter our country as a visitor,” Secretary Rubio responded. “If you enter our country as a visitor and as a visitor in our country, be it a student, a tourist, a journalist, whatever you want to be, and you undertake activities that are against the national interest, the national security of the United States, we will take away your visa. In fact, if we knew you were going to do it, we probably wouldn’t have given you your visa.”
Pray for Secretary Rubio he oversees the review process of visa applications for approval to visit the United States.
Legislative Branch: Pray for Senators and Representatives in Congress
Senator Chuck Schumer of New York announced legislation to make the LGBTQ+ flag congressionally authorized. The measure would give the Pride flag the same protections as the American flag, military flags, POW/MIA flags, and others recognized by Congress. President Trump previously signed an executive order that restricts the types of flags that are flown on federal properties.
Pray for members of the Senate and House as they consider legislation to broaden congressionally authorized flags.
PRAY FOR CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES
A witness before the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Disaster Management, chaired by Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri, testified that, based on 990 disclosure data, 14 nonprofits have contributed more than $60 million to facilitate tactical training for coordinated protests and organized riots. The vice president of the Government Accountability Institute stated that nongovernmental agencies (NGOs) have provided over $10 million in Minnesota.
Pray for chairs and members of committees as they seek to hold accountable the individuals and entities funding anti-law enforcement activities.
Judicial Branch: Pray for Supreme Court Justices and Federal Judges
A federal judge decided that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) cannot take MS-13 member and native of El Salvador Kilmar Abrego Garcia back into custody. After a court ordered the illegal immigrant criminal be returned from El Salvador’s high security prison, Judge Paula Xinis had previously ruled that he be released and followed up with the determination that he not be detained, after being arrested once again on human smuggling charges.
Pray for judges at all levels of the federal judicial system to decide cases in keeping with the law and the Constitution.
