Paula White

== Politics ==

On October 31, 2019, the White House announced that White would serve in an official advisory role for the [[Center for Faith and Opportunity Initiatives|Center for Faith and Opportunity Initiative]].<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Peters |first1=Jeremy W. |last2=Haberman |first2=Maggie |date=2019-10-31 |title=Paula White, Trump's Personal Pastor, Joins the White House |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/31/us/politics/paula-white-trump.html |access-date=2022-04-15 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-11-01 |title=Paula White to head Trump's faith office |url=https://religionnews.com/2019/11/01/paula-white-to-head-trumps-faith-office/ |access-date=2022-04-15 |website=Religion News Service |language=en-US}}</ref> 

On May 7, 2020, White delivered the opening remarks for a National Day of Prayer ceremony.<ref>{{Cite web |title=File:National Day of Prayer (49882362303).jpg - Wikipedia |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:National_Day_of_Prayer_(49882362303).jpg |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=commons.wikimedia.org |date=May 7, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

White stood as an advocate for Trump's immigration policy.<ref name=":04">{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Ryan W. |title=Trump spiritual adviser: Jesus wouldn't have been Messiah if he broke immigration law |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/07/11/trump-faith-adviser-messiah-wouldnt-immigrate-illegally/777570002/ |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}</ref> She also defended the Trump administration's policy of detaining immigrant children, claiming conditions were not inhumane.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |title=Fact or Fake: Megachurch pastor and Trump spiritual adviser Paula White says media wrong about deplorable conditions on the border |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/opinion/fact-or-fake/os-op-fact-or-fake-paula-white-trump-border-detention-children-20190712-2qzfaw5nyfc6lomw7cboli2ili-story.html |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=Orlando Sentinel|date=July 12, 2019 }}</ref>  Concerning the conditions of a particular facility, The Associated Press stated "the facility was packed with hundreds of underfed, unwashed children-some of them sick with the flu, - forced to look after each other in the absence of the adults".<ref name=":12" /> But White claimed, that following visits to these facilities, detained youth received "three square meals a day".<ref name=":04" /> Additionally, White said that "the deplorable conditions reported by opportunistic journalists and immigration lawyers just are not there" because youth were "crowded" but in a facility that was "deep cleaned" on a daily basis and housed "smiling and laughing children" who played games.<ref name=":12" />