Rev. Barber delivers July 4 sermon blasting Trump immigration policy

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https://abc11.com/amp/society/rev-barber-delivers-july-4th-sermon-blasting-trump-immigration-policy/5377655/

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Reverend William Barber returned to Raleigh on the eve of the 4th of July to make his argument that the nation isn't living up to the ideals of Independence Day when it comes to immigration policy.

Inside the sanctuary of Pullen Memorial Church, organizers read off the names of many of the immigrants who have died inside ICE detention centers; some two dozen in the past two years.

Barber's sermon was inspired by a speech delivered 167 years ago on July 5 by Frederick Douglass, the legendary American social reformer, who escaped slavery and went on to become a national leader in the fight to abolish slavery.

Douglass' speech was entitled, "What to the slave is the Fourth of July?" It celebrated the founding fathers as great men for their ideals for freedom.
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In his speech on Wednesday, "What to the immigrant and people of color is the Fourth of July," Reverend Barber made a similar case -- focusing on what he called political violence against immigrants and people of color under the Trump Administration.

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