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It is written:
Proverbs 31:8-9 (NLT)-Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves; ensure justice for those being crushed. 9 Yes, speak up for the poor and helpless, and see that they get justice.
Recently, I wrote the following letter to Governor Beshear regarding the Trump administration’s deplorable treatment of Ukrainian refugees to the United States. Let me encourage you to please reach out to your state representatives and other political figures as well. There are many whoa re being targeted unjustly by our current administration and we need to speak up.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. Amen.
“Letter To Governor Andy Beshear Regarding President Donald Trump’s Consideration Of Deporting 240, 000 Ukrainian Refugees (March 6 2025)
Governor Beshear,
Thank you for taking the time to consider my message.
I am a Christian and Gospel preacher residing in Corbin, Kentucky. I have been very concerned by reports that President Trump is preparing to revoke the legal citizenship of and deport over 240, 000 Ukrainian citizens who have come to the United States for shelter in the last few years as refugees from the Russian invasion of their homeland (https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-plans-revoke-legal-status-ukrainians-who-fled-us-sources-say-2025-03-06/?fbclid=IwY2xjawI2qHtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHZaVImqapp8_CuONBXTv94TMQvtBM5dvWiZaeqI0YdNeRAgzSvr9eT21mA_aem_ewi26ER_333h8E_Cn7iX8A). These men, women, and children are here legally, in compliance with our laws. They obtained their citizenship in full harmony with our country’s immigration policies, and now are in danger of being sent back to their country from which they fled.
It is morally wrong and reprehensible to deport them.
Please do whatever you can to stop this travesty of justice from an administration that seems determined on dismantling our society and empowering the dictator, Vladimir Putin. Our President has endorsed publicly the same basic defense that the Nazis used at their trials in Nuremberg. He declared on his Truth Social platform, “He who saves his Country does not violate any law.” (2/15/25). When the Nazis used a similar argument while defending the atrocities they bore responsibility for during the Holocaust, they were told: “These men should be tried on this basis, on a higher law, a higher law which rises above the provincial and the transient.” (Robert Jackson, quoted in Thomas B. Warren, The Warren-Flew Debate On The Existence Of God, 256 (Kindle Edition): Glasgow, KY: National Christian Press). The same law-the moral law which God has placed in the hearts of all mankind (Romans 2:14-15)-testifies that this mistreatment of the survivors from Ukraine is wrong. The Bible principle of “you shall love your neighbor as yourself” is one of the foundation stones of our great nation, and should not be revoked for political gain and advantage. People’s lives are at stake, and we need to stand up for them.
We continue to pray for President Trump, President Zelenskyy, and all of our leaders-as well as the victims of this tragic war, and even our enemies.
Thank you for taking the time to consider this message, and for utilizing whatever tools are available at your disposal to help these survivors.
In the famous words of Alexis de Tocqueville, the great French ambassador to the United States:
“I sought for the greatness of the United States in her commodious harbors, her ample rivers, her fertile fields, and boundless forests-and it was not there. I sought for it in her rich mines, her vast world commerce, her public school system, and in her institutions of higher learning-and it was not there. I looked for it in her democratic Congress and her matchless Constitution-and it was not there. Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits flame with righteousness did I understand the secret of her genius and power. America is great because America is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.” (Alexis de Tocqueville, quoted in Michael D. Evans, The American Prophecies: Ancient Scriptures Reveal Our Nation’s Future, 251; New York, NY; Warner Faith)!
May America always strive to be good. Only then will she truly be great.
In Christian Kindness,
Mark Tabata (Minister)