Sister challenges JD Vance over immigration enforcement methods
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Globalsistersreport
In Detroit, Catholic sister Nancy Sylvester questioned US Vice-President JD Vance about immigration enforcement methods and the treatment of migrant families. At a televised meeting on 17 October, she raised child separations and asked what measures could help ensure immigrants are treated with greater respect, according to Global Sisters Report.
On 17 October, during a televised public meeting in Detroit, Catholic sister Nancy Sylvester questioned US Vice-President JD Vance about the methods used by ICE, the federal agency responsible for immigration enforcement. She raised family separations and the trauma suffered by children, Global Sisters Report reports.
Sylvester, a member of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, asked Vance how he could justify to people of faith alleged violent behaviour by ICE agents and what measures he would support to treat migrants with greater compassion and respect. She said that sisters accompany families at the US southern border and in the Detroit area.
Vance replied that the federal government sought to balance law enforcement with humane treatment. He acknowledged that some agents make mistakes and said these should be investigated and, where appropriate, prosecuted. He also said that training or disciplinary measures are not always made public.
The exchange came after JD Vance refused, on 20 October, to endorse Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of the Israeli elections.
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