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"on numerous church grounds throughout California (Inland Empire, Downey Memorial Christian Church, Montclair, Highland and St. Adelaide); and in Washington, D.C., where the Evangelical Lutheran Church joined the Quakers in a suit to block ICE raids in places of worship."

#Trump #ICE #churches #ReligiousFreedom #immigrants
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"Although most ICE attacks go unnoticed by the media, ICE attacks on or near church grounds to date include: a raid on Iglesia Fuente de Vida church in the Atlanta suburbs; a raid on United Methodist church property in Charlotte; raids at Our Lady of Lourdes in San Bernadino; throughout Puerto Rico during Sunday services;" (continued in /16)

#Trump #ICE #churches #ReligiousFreedom #immigrants
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"Trump reversed the policy that prohibited ICE from attacking people at places of worship in January 2025, after that policy had been in effect for 13 years.

Trump’s green shirts have arrested, brutalized, and tackled people in churches all across America."

~ Sabrina Haake

#Trump #ICE #churches #ReligiousFreedom #immigrants
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sabrinahaake.substack.com/p/th…

The First Amendment will outlive Trump

Christopher Katsarov—The Canadian Press via Associated Press

^{Sabrina Haake (The Haake Take)}

"Around 200 faith leaders fanned out across the city on Thursday (Jan. 22) to observe and document the actions of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, with some clergy confronting Department of Homeland Security agents, adding a visible religious presence to widespread efforts to counter the president’s mass deportation campaign in the region."

~ Jack Jenkins

#Minnesota #ICE #DHS #clergy #rabbis #churches #immigrants
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religionnews.com/2026/01/22/hu…

Hundreds of clergy descend on Minneapolis and go on lookout for ICE

MINNEAPOLIS (RNS) — The faith leaders, who hail from across the country and represent a range of religious traditions, deployed to neighborhoods with significant immigrant populations, where DHS agents have been most active.

^{Jack Jenkins (RNS)}

"It's really plain that what we're seeing today is a battle for the soul of white Christianity in this country. I can just not say it any plainer than that.

It's not actually new, but it has come to a head under Trump. Trump has really brought it back to the fore."

~ Robert P. Jones

#Trump #MAGA #WhiteChristians #churches #WhiteEvangelicals
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joyannreid.com/p/constitution-…

Constitution Under Fire - The Joy Reid Show LIVE!

A recording from The Joy Reid Show's live video

^{The Joy Reid Show (Welcome to Joy's House!)}

"There is nothing Christlike about the way power is being wielded today in the name of immigration enforcement.

There is nothing Christlike about using little children as bait to entrap their families.

There is nothing Christlike about dragging an elderly man, a US citizen, out in the freezing cold in his underwear."

~ Benjamin Cremer

I try to avoid Facebook links, but find this nowhere else.

#Trump #MAGA #WhiteChristians #churches #WhiteEvangelicals #Hegseth
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Benjamin Cremer

There is nothing Christlike about the way power is being wielded today in the name of immigration enforcement. There is nothing Christlike about using little children as bait to entrap their...

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For a valuable sketch of the version of white Christianity that is gung-ho for Trump and MAGA, see Brian Kaylor's on Pete Hegseth's bellicose war-happy application of Christianity as Secretary of Defense (excuse me: of War).

Note how Hegseth's use of the bible to justify violence and war totally elides the life and teaching of Jesus, raising the question of how he's promoting Christianity at all.

#Trump #MAGA #WhiteChristians #churches #WhiteEvangelicals #Hegseth
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publicwitness.wordandway.org/p…

Hegseth Shares War Psalm He Prayed During Venezuela Attack

During the first Christian worship service at the Pentagon since the U.S. military operation that resulted in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth framed that military action as a godly mission.

^{Brian Kaylor (A Public Witness)}