Letter to the Editor

OPINION

To the Editor:

For almost 371 years, The Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as Quakers, has held the belief that “There is that of God in everyone.” No exceptions.

Friends have worked to abolish slavery, worked to help refugees around the world during and after World Wars I and II, worked to help with the Suffragette Movement, and civil rights.

We as Quakers now share a deep concern for our immigrant sisters and brothers from around the world who have come to this country seeking refuge from poverty-stricken and often very violent homelands. Moreover, we feel strongly...