A far-right Christian nationalist who previously served in the Trump administration says people who follow Christ are all in on Trump's plans for mass deportation.
William Wolfe, who recently met with White House faith adviser Paula White and joined several other Christian nationalists praying over Trump in the Oval Office, made the comments in an interview shared on X by Right Wing Watch.
"I told the White House faith office, I think Christians want to see mass deportations," said Wolfe. "You'll see a lot of, sort of, evangelical organizations attacking Trump's immigration policies and priorities. They're AstroTurf, they're left-leaning, they're using evangelical in a way that is not really historically accurate. But I'm telling you, I think that Southern Baptists and Christians want to see this happen."
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Wolfe's statement contradicts centuries of history of Christian churches serving as sanctuaries for persecuted migrants, and recent reports suggest that roughly 10 million Christians are at risk of deportation from the United States under Trump's schemes, to the extent that some churches are taking precautions in how they hold services to protect their congregants.
Wolfe, who previously served in Trump's first administration and is part of a fringe group believing U.S. law is or should be subordinate to far-right interpretations of the Bible, has fought to erode or terminate the rights to same-sex marriage, abortion, contraception, sex education, surrogacy, and no-fault divorce. He also has ties to Russ Vought, the Project 2025 architect currently serving as Trump's head of the Office of Management and Budget.
Trump's aggressive deportation strategy purports to prioritize violent gang members and summarily expel them to an infamous, brutal megaprison in El Salvador; however, on multiple occasions, he has removed people with protected legal status and who had no record of criminal offenses.
