With regard to Iran, the Department of Homeland Security just announced that eighty-seven previously rejected applications for asylum from allegedly persecuted Christians would be considered again. Thousands of other asylum cases are backed up in the system, children are torn from their parents—but if you say you’re a persecuted Christian, your previously rejected application gets a second bite at the apple. Many of these people may be deserving, but being Christian shouldn’t get them special treatment.
The “Trump Administration Is Not-So-Subtly Christianizing Foreign Policy and Aid,” argues a recent article at Religion Dispatches. So much for “justice for all.”