NorthJersey.com – “Then you and the Levites and the foreigners residing among you shall rejoice in all the good things the Lord your God has given to you and your household.”

This passage from the Book of Deuteronomy, the fifth book of the Torah and the Old Testament, part of the Biblical creed of migrants — tenets that guide how Christians should behave toward immigrants — was one of several spoken Monday during the National Immigrant Protection Prayer Event in Newark, where clergy promised to protect vulnerable immigrants and fight back against any upcoming deportation action.

President-elect Donald Trump has promised mass deportation in his second term in the White House.

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