Hi, this is Jim Dennis and the Denison Forum, and this is the Daily article for Thursday, June 21st, 2018.

President Trump signed an executive order Wednesday afternoon stating that family seeking asylum

should be detained together when appropriate and consistent with law and available resources.

The order maintains the administration's zero tolerance policy

for illegal immigrants. It also instructs the Pentagon to make facilities available for the housing

and care of immigrant families. It directs the Attorney General to seek modification of the 1997

Flores Settlement Agreement to allow alien families to be kept together throughout the pendency of criminal proceedings.

And it requires the Attorney General to prioritize the adjudication of cases involving detained families.

In related news, the House will vote today on an immigration bill that would end family separations as part of a larger overhaul.

We can enforce our immigration laws without breaking families apart, said House Speaker Paul Ryan.

As I noted on Tuesday, a legal immigration is an especially complicated theological issue.

We're charged by scripture with obeying the government, but we're also to care for

immigrants and children. It's difficult to devise a solution that satisfies law enforcement

supporters as well as advocates for immigrants and their families. I want to focus today on those

at the center of the storm, the children. More than 2,300 have now been separated from parents seeking

asylum or attempting to enter the U.S. illegally. In addition, 437,000 children were in foster care

in the U.S. by the end of fiscal year 2016. Many are in the foster care system because of substance

abuse by their parents.

And more than 2.5 million children are homeless in the United States.

This historic high represents one out of every 30 children in America.

Of all the demographics in society, children are especially cherished in God's word. God's son could have entered the human race in any way he wished.

The fact that the one by whom all things were created, according to Colossians 1, chose to enter his creation as a baby,

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