Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor-Johnston.
Certain rescue operations are continuing in northern Venezuela
after back-to-back earthquakes devastated the region on Wednesday.
At least 235 people are confirmed dead,
and officials mourn the death toll is likely to rise as crews dig through the rubble of collapsed buildings.
Reporter Manuel Ruidas says the devastation stretches far beyond the hardest hit neighborhoods.
Some parts of Caracas look like a war zone because many buildings have collapsed entirely and also in La Guaida,
which is a city about an hour away on the Caribbean coast.
And because so many buildings have collapsed, people have lost their homes, they're sleeping in parks at night.
The U.S. Has deployed disaster response teams to assist with search and recovery efforts.
The White House is also pledging $150 million in humanitarian aid.
Faith-based organizations that help resettle refugees are blasting the Supreme Court ruling
that allows the Trump administration to turn away asylum seekers at the southern border.
NPR's Jason DeRose reports.
Many groups that welcome asylum seekers and resettle refugees do their work as a form of ministry.
Krishomara Vignaraja heads the Lutheran Organization Global Refuge.
There is a call rooted in scripture to welcome the stranger to treat the least of us with hospitality.
Many people seeking asylum in the U.S.
Are doing so for religious reasons, says Matthew Sorens with the Evangelical Organization World Relief.
That's true for people fleeing persecution as Christians or as Muslims or as Hindus or other religious traditions.