Give Dreamers peace

During the four weeks before Christmas, many Christians celebrate the Advent season by preparing for the blessed birth. The second week of Advent is devoted to peace. The Hebrew word for peace is “shalom,” which is used commonly in greetings and farewells. Shalom also means completeness, soundness, success, and welfare.

As we wish peace on earth, we should remember that kind words are great, but kind actions are boundless.

Jesus told his followers that if they wanted to give to him, they should give to the least of their brothers. Our young and vulnerable brothers and sisters that need peace at this time are the 800,000 young immigrants that are about to lose the only country they have known to become a stranger in the unfamiliar country of their origin. In March, these undocumented youngsters for no wrongdoing of their own are about to be ripped from their home.

President Obama promised the Dreamers, who have shown good citizenship by not getting into trouble while they attend or graduate high school, a place in the country they learned to love. President Trump has promised to take this peace away from the children who were too young to understand border laws when they entered but are old enough to understand the love of home. Please call your congressmen to ask them to extend the peace that President Obama offered them during his presidency. PEG COFFEY

Fayetteville