Trump immigration orders fracture church sanctuary movement
2 months ago

Trump immigration orders fracture church sanctuary movement

Live Mint  

Eight years ago, when a newly inaugurated President Trump cracked down on illegal immigration, many U.S. houses of worship became houses of refuge. Photo: Joe Barrett/WSJ “We’re feeling the effects of illegal immigration in our town," said Pastor Ken Peters in Lenoir City, Tenn. “All people have a right to fulfill their duty to God without fear," the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said in a statement about the Trump administration’s policy change. Across denominations, Wallnau said he sees a divide: churches aligned with Trump’s agenda versus “woke churches" that have been “co-opted by the left." “Those kinds of churches aren’t going to get a sympathetic pass," he said, “because what they’re doing is harboring and protecting people that shouldn’t be protected."

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Judge Blocks Trump Immigration Policy Allowing Arrests In Churches For Some Religious Groups
1 month ago

Judge Blocks Trump Immigration Policy Allowing Arrests In Churches For Some Religious Groups

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING GREENBELT, Md. The policy change said field agents using “common sense” and “discretion” can conduct immigration enforcement operations at houses of worship without a supervisor’s approval. Plaintiffs’ attorneys argue that the new DHS directive departs from the government’s 30-year-old policy against staging immigration enforcement operations in “protected areas” or “sensitive locations.” A coalition of Quaker meetings from …

Judge blocks Trump immigration policy allowing arrests in churches for some religious groups
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1 month ago

Judge blocks Trump immigration policy allowing arrests in churches for some religious groups

Associated Press  

— A federal judge on Monday blocked immigration agents from conducting enforcement operations in houses of worship for Quakers and a handful of other religious groups. The policy change said field agents using “common sense” and “discretion” can conduct immigration enforcement operations at houses of worship without a supervisor’s approval. Plaintiffs’ attorneys argue that the new DHS directive departs from …

Judge blocks Trump immigration policy allowing arrests in churches for some religious groups
1 month ago

Judge blocks Trump immigration policy allowing arrests in churches for some religious groups

LA Times  

The Department of Homeland Security policy allowing arrests was blocked on behalf of five Quaker congregations, a Georgia-based network of Baptist churches and a Sikh temple in California. The policy change said field agents using “common sense” and “discretion” can conduct immigration enforcement operations at houses of worship without a supervisor’s approval. Plaintiffs’ attorneys argue that the new Homeland Security …

27 Religious Groups Sue To Protect Immigrants From ICE Raids At Churches
1 month, 2 weeks ago

27 Religious Groups Sue To Protect Immigrants From ICE Raids At Churches

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING More than two dozen churches, temples and other religious organizations are challenging President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration policy — and specifically, his decision to allow immigration enforcement agents to make arrests at places of worship. Twenty-seven organizations representing Jewish and Christian faiths say their congregations have experienced a decrease in worship attendance due to fear of Immigration …

Trump Is Siccing ICE on Churches. The Pastors Are Fighting Back.
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump Is Siccing ICE on Churches. The Pastors Are Fighting Back.

Slate  

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Their claim is that the Trump administration’s rescission of the DHS “sensitive locations” policy permits raids in violation of the constitutionally and statutorily protected religious liberties of their faith communities. The Georgetown suit contends that under the new DHS …

New lawsuit goes after Trump for immigrant raids at churches
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

New lawsuit goes after Trump for immigrant raids at churches

Raw Story  

A large number of religious institutions have joined together to file a lawsuit against Donald Trump's Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. The lawsuit describes "11 denominational and interdenominational associations, all rooted in the Jewish and Christian faiths," and how their faith traditions embrace immigrants and asylum seekers. "Plaintiffs’ religious scripture, teaching, and …

Trump won’t block immigration arrests in houses of worship. Now these 27 religious groups are suing
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump won’t block immigration arrests in houses of worship. Now these 27 religious groups are suing

LA Times  

Fatima Guzman prays during a church service at the Centro Cristiano El Pan de Vida, a mid-size Church of God of Prophecy congregation in Kissimmee, Fla. More than two dozen Christian and Jewish groups representing millions of Americans — ranging from the Episcopal Church and the Union for Reform Judaism to the Mennonites and Unitarian Universalists — filed a federal …

Trump-backing Latino evangelicals now feel 'devastated and abandoned' by him: report
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump-backing Latino evangelicals now feel 'devastated and abandoned' by him: report

Raw Story  

President Donald Trump made big strides among Latino voters in the 2024 presidential election thanks in large part to the influence of evangelical Latino churches. However, the Associated Press reports that many of these churches already feel "devastated and abandoned" by him after he signed an executive order authorizing Immigrations and Customers Enforcement to conduct immigration raids at schools and …

Latino evangelical churches gear up to face possible immigration enforcement in churches
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Latino evangelical churches gear up to face possible immigration enforcement in churches

Associated Press  

Bishop Ebli De La Rosa says his motto right now is “to prepare for the worst and pray for the best.” De La Rosa, who oversees Church of God of Prophecy congregations in nine southeastern states, says he has had to respond quickly to the Trump administration’s new orders, which have thrown out policies that restricted immigration enforcement in sensitive …

Immigration arrests in churches? Some clergy say not so fast
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Immigration arrests in churches? Some clergy say not so fast

LA Times  

Susan Russell, stands in the sanctuary of All Saints Church in Pasadena, as the possibility of mass deportations looms over the country, on Jan. 28, 2025. Bishop John Taylor of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles said he looks forward to joining with colleagues in mounting further legal challenges “if the government follows through on its stated intention to violate …

Trump won’t ban immigration arrests at churches. Now clergy are weighing how to resist
2 months ago

Trump won’t ban immigration arrests at churches. Now clergy are weighing how to resist

Associated Press  

Numerous faith leaders across the U.S. say the immigration crackdown launched by President Donald Trump’s new administration has sown fear within their migrant-friendly congregations. “Sanctuary has to be a value that we extend to one another through our policies, through the laws we enact.” Other clergy ministering to undocumented migrants were less specific, though they vowed to continue — and …

Trump administration strips schools, churches of immigration enforcement protections
2 months ago

Trump administration strips schools, churches of immigration enforcement protections

NPR  

Trump administration strips schools, churches of immigration enforcement protections toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Immigration authorities can now enter schools, healthcare facilities and places of worship to conduct arrests, according to a new policy from the Department of Homeland Security. A second directive DHS announced on Tuesday also followed through on one of President Trump's executive orders signed Monday night …

Pope Francis calls Trump’s plans of mass deportation of immigrants ‘a disgrace’
2 months, 1 week ago

Pope Francis calls Trump’s plans of mass deportation of immigrants ‘a disgrace’

LA Times  

Pope Francis delivers his blessing as he recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Sunday. Pope Francis said Donald Trump’s plans to impose mass deportations of immigrants would be a “disgrace,” as he weighed in on the incoming U.S. president’s pledges nearly a decade after calling him “not …

Trump to end ban on migrant arrests at churches and hospitals: report
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump to end ban on migrant arrests at churches and hospitals: report

Raw Story  

Donald Trump's incoming administration plans to scrap a long-standing policy keeping Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from arresting immigrants at churches, hospitals and family events without approval from supervisors. The policy against making arrests in sensitive locations without approval has been in place since 2011, when it was issued by then-ICE director John Morton, and continued through Trump's first administration …

Trump ushers in a Christian "deep state": MAGA moves to gut the Constitution
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump ushers in a Christian "deep state": MAGA moves to gut the Constitution

Salon  

Far-right pastor Lance Wallnau is incredibly upset over the burgeoning controversies regarding Donald Trump's nominee for Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth. On Thursday, Marianna Sotomayor wrote in the Washington Post that Trump's policy agenda will face the obstacle of "narrow and ideologically fractured majority" Republicans have in the House. Russell Vought, the architect of Project 2025, is a Christian nationalist who …

Inside the secretive church that’s become Trump’s biggest female fan group
5 months, 1 week ago

Inside the secretive church that’s become Trump’s biggest female fan group

The Independent  

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Immigrants in sanctuary in churches hope Biden offers relief
4 years, 1 month ago

Immigrants in sanctuary in churches hope Biden offers relief

Associated Press  

— For over three years, Maria Macario has been too afraid to leave the white steepled First Parish church just outside Boston. “It feels like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders.” She’s among dozens of people from Colorado to North Carolina who have taken sanctuary as a last resort to stay in the country. The administration also …

Priest: Mr. President, we don’t need to open churches to practice our faith
4 years, 10 months ago

Priest: Mr. President, we don’t need to open churches to practice our faith

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Father Edward L. Beck, C.P., is a Roman Catholic priest and a religion commentator for CNN. CNN — President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he considers houses of worship and their religious services essential. Father Edward Beck Jeremy Freeman He went on: “The governors need to do the right thing and allow these very important essential places …

Pastor pledges safety for immigrants at Miami Trump event
5 years, 2 months ago

Pastor pledges safety for immigrants at Miami Trump event

Associated Press  

MIAMI — The pastor of a Miami megachurch that will host President Donald Trump at a rally this week is guaranteeing that parishioners who entered the U.S. illegally won’t risk deportation by attending. During a Sunday Spanish language service, Pastor Guillermo Maldonado told the audience of hundreds that he’s heard people asking how he could bring Trump to the church …

Church puts Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus inside metal cage to protest Trump immigration policies
6 years, 8 months ago

Church puts Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus inside metal cage to protest Trump immigration policies

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A church in Indiana …

Sanctuary churches fight Trump’s deportation surge
7 years, 3 months ago

Sanctuary churches fight Trump’s deportation surge

Al Jazeera  

Dozens of churches across the US are taking in undocumented immigrants to fight the uptick in deportations. According to John Fife, the former pastor of Tucson, Arizona’s Southside Presbyterian Church – the “first sanctuary church” – US political interests in the region meant that those fleeing violence in El Salvador and Guatemala were not granted asylum and were instead viewed …

Immigrants find sanctuary in growing Austin church network
8 years ago

Immigrants find sanctuary in growing Austin church network

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Senior Minister Meg Barnhouse knows she’ll need beds, a dresser, chairs and a mirror to make the classroom at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin feel more like a home for a mother and her young daughter who are still deciding whether they will become the latest immigrants seeking sanctuary from deportation by moving into a …

Religious Communities Continue The Long Tradition Of Offering Sanctuary
8 years ago

Religious Communities Continue The Long Tradition Of Offering Sanctuary

NPR  

Religious Communities Continue The Long Tradition Of Offering Sanctuary Enlarge this image toggle caption Boston Globe/Boston Globe via Getty Images Boston Globe/Boston Globe via Getty Images As the Trump administration cracks down on undocumented immigration, religious communities across the country are responding by preparing to shelter people at risk of deportation. "You shall designate three cities beyond the Jordan and …

Sanctuary Churches Brace For Clash With Trump Administration
8 years, 1 month ago

Sanctuary Churches Brace For Clash With Trump Administration

NPR  

Sanctuary Churches Brace For Clash With Trump Administration Enlarge this image toggle caption David Zalubowski/AP David Zalubowski/AP Jeanette Vizguerra walked into a Colorado church on Wednesday — and into the forefront of a possible clash between Donald Trump and sanctuary churches across the country. Sponsor Message Vizguerra may be the first immigrant to seek sanctuary in a church since the …

US churches defy government by offering sanctuary to undocumented migrants
9 years, 1 month ago

US churches defy government by offering sanctuary to undocumented migrants

The Independent  

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After recent ICE raids, sanctuary movement grows for immigrants here illegally
9 years, 1 month ago

After recent ICE raids, sanctuary movement grows for immigrants here illegally

LA Times  

Fred Morris of North Hills United Methodist Church: “If ICE wants to come get them, they’re going to have to break down the church door.” Rev. That’s one reason Morris said he’s ready to defy Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials and offer his place of worship as a refuge for Central Americans facing imminent deportation to a region with escalating …

Donald Trump visits Iowa church
9 years, 2 months ago

Donald Trump visits Iowa church

The Hindu  

Donald Trump settled into a fifth row pew of an Iowa church for a lesson in humility on Sunday, two weeks before primary voting begins in the race for U.S. President. Religious voters are a major factor in Iowa, the opening contest on the presidential nominating calendar, where Mr. Trump’s chief challenger in the Republican race is Texas Sen. Ted …

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