James Talarico, a Texas Democratic state representative and Presbyterian seminarian, was featured in a resurfaced 2023 interview discussing his church's decision to house undocumented immigrants awaiting deportation by ICE. In the interview, Talarico spoke about the controversial nature of the church's actions and appeared to characterise such interventions as expressions of religious conviction.

The interview has surfaced during Talarico's campaign for U.S. Senate against Republican Texas Attorney General, bringing his positions on immigration enforcement and religious practice into focus. Talarico's remarks indicate he viewed his church's sheltering of immigrants facing deportation as an example of faith-driven activism intended to confront systems he saw as unjust.