Prominent Republican demands Trump deport bishop who preached mercy
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Episcopal Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, a U.S. citizen born in New Jersey, cannot legally be deported. Trumpworld has erupted in the wake of Episcopal Bishop Mariann Budde’s direct appeal to the president in the inaugural prayer service at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C on Tuesday, just two days into his second term.
![[Trump stands near Reverend Mariann Edgar Budde as he attends the National Day of Prayer Service at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington on January 21]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/21/20/2025-01-21T173123Z_1427539408_RC2FECAHF54S_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP.jpg)
Sharing a clip of the sermon on X, Collins called for Budde to be “added to the deportation list”, a day after Trump began signing a deluge of executive orders related to immigration. “The person giving this sermon should be added to the deportation list,” the GOP congressman wrote on Tuesday.
![[Mariann Budde leads the national prayer service attended by President Donald Trump on Tuesday]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/21/20/Trump_14988.jpg)
Budde was born in New Jersey in 1959 and is a U.S. citizen — therefore, she cannot be deported. It is not clear how Collins plans for Budde to be deported, nor where she should be deported to. The Independent has contacted his press office for clarification.
The Trump and Vance clans sat stony-faced in the front rows of the nave, as the softly-spoken bishop issued her warning. “In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy on the people in our country who are scared now,” Budde said. “There are gay, lesbian and transgender children in Democratic, Republican and independent families, some who fear for their lives.”.
She continued: “The vast majority of immigrants are not criminals. “I ask you to have mercy, Mr. President, on those in our communities whose children fear that their parents will be taken away, and that you help those who are fleeing war zones and persecution in their own lands to find compassion and welcome here.”.
