By james art 
Sioux Falls, SD (Dakota News now) – According to a survey of SDSU, over 80 percent of southern Dakotani are identified as part of the Christian faith.
Many discussions about changes in immigration are planning a Bible review conference in the context of immigration and trafficking in human beings.
The two -day event on February 27 and 28 is called the Act 10 Conference.
It is open to those who are interested in all religions and religions who want to review what the Bible says about these current events and decide regardless of how to react.
The organizers of acts 10 conferences make it clear that this is not about being a Republican or Democrat.
“It’s not for guerrilla policy here. This is really for a faith -based answer, “said Bob Eklabd.
Conference spokesman Bob Ekblad saw the order of order in Guatemala as he lived there in the 80s.
“First -hand witnesses who leave Central America to come here because they were unable,” Ekbrad recalled.
In the light of the latest changes in immigration, Ekbrad said that undocumented immigrants face another challenge: to be targeted at human trafficking.
The host of the conference and local defender, Jordan Brooksvort, sees those directed here in South Dakota.
“People are more vulnerable and more afraid, making them easier for manipulation and threats,” Brooksvoord explained.
One of the speakers is a person who was recently aimed at a labor movement scheme. He talks about the threats and tactics of control.
“If someone is on the street, it will be taken, so it should really depend on the one around them, and there are those who will benefit from this addiction, you know, to operate or traffic,” Brooksvoht said.
If an undocumented immigrant is in danger.
“They do not make sense that there is a separation between ice, say, the application of immigration and border patrol and law enforcement, normal law enforcement,” Ekblad said.
The conference will pass through the Old and New Testaments, reviewing the stories of people in foreign lands and slavery.
“My hope would be that they would gain more historical perspective on our current immigration challenges, but also that they would see it in terms of faith. We have to look at a foreigner, an outsider, the immigrant. From this angle, “said Eklad.
“How historical injustice, immigration policy and trafficking in human beings interact,” Brookswort said.
The culmination event on Friday 28th at 19:00 is free.
Learn more at Acts10movement.org.
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