1. United States
2. Ohio
3. Letter

I write to you not only as a constituent, but as a Christian who believes that faith without works is dead. This week, thousands of Haitians in Ohio, many of them Christians, are losing Temporary Protected Status. People who were brought here legally by our own government, who have worked, paid taxes, raised children, and worshiped alongside us, will now be labeled “illegal” and treated as criminals. They face deportation to a nation marked by violence, lawlessness, and death. What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if we say we have faith but do nothing? What good is it to praise God on Sunday while we abandon the foreigner on Monday? The Book of James tells us plainly that true religion is this: to care for the vulnerable and refuse to be stained by the cruelty of the world. If we see our neighbor in danger and turn away, our prayers ring hollow. If we benefit from their labor and then cast them out, our worship is empty. These Haitian families trusted our government. Now the government is breaking faith with them. You have been given authority not for comfort, but for responsibility. Silence in the face of injustice is not neutrality, it is complicity. I call on you to act. Use your office to protect Haitian families in Ohio. Advocate for the continuation or extension of their legal protections. Stand up for mercy, justice, and integrity, not just in word, but in deed. Because God is not fooled by displays of righteousness. He sees how we treat “the least of these.” And He will judge accordingly.