Which individual evangelical leaders publicly endorsed Trump’s mass-deportation plan and what statements did they make?

1. No single unified evangelical endorsement of “mass deportation” appears in the sources

A review of the supplied reporting shows organized evangelical bodies and many leading Christian groups publicly rebuking or warning about the administration’s deportation measures rather than endorsing indiscriminate mass removals: major faith leaders called the plan inconsistent with Christian obligations to protect the vulnerable (Axios) and the National Association of Evangelicals expressed concern that a campaign of mass deportations would disrupt members of churches and communities ^{[1] [2]}.

2. Where support for enforcement shows up, it is typically for stricter immigration policy — not explicit celebration of mass deportations

Several sources record evangelical figures or factions expressing support for tougher immigration enforcement or opposing “open‑border” approaches, but without an explicit endorsement of a blanket mass‑deportation program. Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, told The Christian Century that there is “a growing sentiment against open‑border policies and the provision of resources to illegal immigrants” — language that signals backing for firmer enforcement but stops short of endorsing mass deportations as a moral or practical good ^[4]. Coverage of Southern Baptist politics shows an “increasingly loud contingent” within some Baptist circles that supports the administration’s crackdown, indicating intra‑denominational support for stricter enforcement rather than a public, unambiguous cheer for mass deportation flights ^[3].

3. Institutional statements mixed praise for some administration actions while warning against mass removals

The National Association of Evangelicals’ public messaging illustrates the tradeoff in many evangelical responses: leaders may “support some of the administration’s actions and disagree with others,” offering prayer for leaders while explicitly warning that mass deportations could harm congregations (Walter Kim’s remarks) ^[2]. That combination of conditional support for select policies and explicit caution about broad deportation campaigns appears repeatedly in reporting and complicates claims that leading evangelicals uniformly backed the mass‑deportation plan ^[2].

4. Some evangelical reform proposals explicitly rejected mass deportation while seeking enforcement

Historical and contemporary evangelical policy proposals cited in the sources show a preference among many evangelical leaders for “restitution‑based” reforms that emphasize admission of wrongdoing, fines or penalties, and pathways to residency — approaches presented as alternatives to both mass deportation and blanket amnesty. The Evangelical Immigration Table and signers including Leith Anderson, Danny Akin and Samuel Rodriguez have backed such plans, and the reporting frames those proposals as purposefully avoiding “mass deportation” because of family separation and pastoral concerns ^[5].

5. What the sources do show clearly: visible evangelical opposition to mass deportations and political strains

Multiple faith organizations and prominent Christian bodies mounted public opposition to the administration’s deportation rhetoric and policies: Catholic bishops and other major religious leaders issued statements opposing “indiscriminate mass deportation,” World Relief’s Myal Greene urged Congress to think twice about funding the plan and said it was inconsistent with Christian values, and networks of clergy pledged to resist enforcement inside “sensitive locations” such as churches ^{[6] [7] [8]}. Those documented rebuttals dominate the supplied reporting and indicate that, at least in public record cited here, high‑profile evangelical leadership more often cautioned against or rejected mass deportation than endorsed it ^{[6] [7] [8]}.

6. Limits of the reporting and implicit agendas to watch for

The supplied sources include news outlets, denominational statements and advocacy groups; some pieces emphasize alarm and mobilization among faith communities ^{[4] [8]}, while commentary and opinion writers link clergy who appeared with Trump at his inauguration to the administration’s agenda ^[9]. The available documents do not present a definitive list of individual evangelicals who openly endorsed mass deportations in the plain terms used by the administration, so any claim that a set of nationally prominent evangelicals explicitly endorsed a mass‑deportation plan would exceed what these sources substantiate (p1_s1–^[1]5).