June 21, people of faith in Seattle held a prayer vigil and procession from St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral to St. James Roman Catholic Cathedral in honor of families at the border and in protest of family separation and the exclusion of domestic violence and gang violence as a reason that immigrants can apply for asylum.

Faith in Action (formerly known as PICO National Network), DMV Sanctuary Congregation Network, Franciscan Action Network, National Domestic Workers Alliance, Moms Rising, We Belong Together, and several children representing those being detained also participated in a protest at the Russell Senate Office Building Rotunda June 21.These actions come as faith leaders criticize an executive order from President Donald Trump which ended the administration’s practice of family separation but left in place a “zero tolerance” policy for all illegal border crossings and indicated that the administration would speed up court cases and seek permission to detain families with children for longer periods of time.

CLINIC, the Franciscan Action Network and the National Advocacy Council of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd were among those who issued statements against the executive order.