“An angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, ‘Arise, take the young child and his mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I bring you word; for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him,’” the New King James Version of Matthew 2:13-14 says. The nativity fence — like similar displays this year at other places of worship — alludes in part to the practice of separating migrant children from their parents, which led to about 3,000 family separations at the United States’ southern border. In June, Mr. Trump signed an order rescinding the practice. But, Mr. Moore added, Mr. Trump’s administration was not the first to crack down on migrants. About 15,000 migrant children are currently housed in more than 100 shelters in the United States; some are adolescents who crossed the border alone, and others were separated from their parents.

Source: New York Times December 21, 2018 12:11 UTC